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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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