The Role of Big Data in Improving E-Learning Transition

Abstract

Educational organizations are operating in a dynamic competitive environment. Online learning, education, emerging technologies, and the number of learners are growing very fast and produce big data that contain meaningful information to be extracted and processed. The idea of applying the big data in e-learning supports developing and analyzing the students as well as the educational organization's stakeholders. A big data framework architecture, methods, and tools in the e-learning platform are introduced. The paper studies briefly the opportunities of big data deployment in the educational sector and the value that the students and organizations gain. However, it also highlights the challenges and future research directions as the tool's selection and value extraction from complex educational data sets.