Daniel Obst asks in IIE's Opening Minds blog, "What is the Next Big Thing in international Education?"

"Higher education institutions, educational organizations, and governments around the world are continuously looking for new ways to engage internationally and to keep their academic institutions relevant and competitive. Funding organizations and governments are investing substantial resources in international education, and are seeking to identify new areas to support. And everyone is trying figure out what it's all for," Obst writes. 

MOOCS, open badges, virtual exchanges, global network universities and new forms of international academic partnerships are some growing trends in international education that Obst mentions. 

IIE wants to know if you have other ideas. Comment on the blog, or if you have a lot to say about it, submit an article for the Fall 2013 issue of IIENetworker. The fall issue will be all about The Next Big Thing. Address all magazine inquiries to Madeline Friedman, Co-Editor, IIENetworker, at mfriedman@iie.org.