Open Education: from OERs to MOOCs

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Jemni, Mohamed (Editor), Kinshuk (Editor), Khribi, Mohamed Koutheair (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Educational Technology,
• Subjects: Education.; Education > Data processing.; Educational technology.; Lifelong learning.; Adult education.; Educational Technology.; Lifelong Learning/Adult Education.; Computers and Education.

This book focuses on the emerging phenomenon of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), which are changing the fundamental underpinning of educational systems worldwide and forcing educators and other stakeholders to re-think the way instruction is currently conducted. It examines the origins of MOOCs...

Table of Contents:

• Open Education, MOOCs, and opportunities
• Survey and reflection of open education policies
• Shaping the Future of Education
• Technology-Supported Large-Scale Transformative Innovations for the 21st Century School Education
• Impact of Openness on Institutions
• Promoting Arabic Open Educational resources in Arab Countries
• Creative Commons Education program
• Experiences of running a MOOC – A case in Taiwan
• Review of existing MOOC platforms
• Arabic Massive Open Online Courses
• Rwaq: Arab platform for MOOCs
• Open classrooms and schools through cloud computing.