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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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