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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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