Skills of Library and Information Science Professionals in MOOCs Environment

Skills of Library and Information Science Professionals in MOOCs Environment

Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 15
ISBN13: 9781522551461|ISBN10: 1522551468|EISBN13: 9781522551478
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5146-1.ch013
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Kaushik, Anna. "Skills of Library and Information Science Professionals in MOOCs Environment." Library and Information Science in the Age of MOOCs, edited by Anna Kaushik, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 205-219. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5146-1.ch013

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Kaushik, A. (2018). Skills of Library and Information Science Professionals in MOOCs Environment. In A. Kaushik (Ed.), Library and Information Science in the Age of MOOCs (pp. 205-219). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5146-1.ch013

Chicago

Kaushik, Anna. "Skills of Library and Information Science Professionals in MOOCs Environment." In Library and Information Science in the Age of MOOCs, edited by Anna Kaushik, 205-219. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5146-1.ch013

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Abstract

This chapter argues whether the contemporary competencies and skills of library and information science professionals are sufficient in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) environment by conducting a SWOT analysis of the skills of library and information science professionals from a MOOCs perspective. It further discusses the category-wise and course step-wise skills of library and information science professionals needed in MOOCs settings and concludes with a discussion of how library and information science learners use and develop their skills that fit in MOOC environment in order to support MOOCs movement.

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