The knowledge market online learning (K-MALL) architecture for higher education

In this paper, we focus on the embedding of an online learning market in the software ecosystem of higher education institutions. The intention of this online learning market is to allow the students to find courses from a massive open online course (so-called MOOCs) repository within the context of their program that may not be available at their home university or that better suit their personal needs. Furthermore, the digital market allows educational institutions to offer their courses as MOOCs in the online learning market. We discuss the architecture of the online learning market and pay attention to the particular digital market module. We discuss a general architecture for this ecosystem and the position within me digital knowledge market We describe the embedding of the online learning market in more detail based on the digital learning environment Moodle. We also discuss our first experiences with the Automatic Negotiation (bargaining) obtained via a prototype.