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Recent gains in online education are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bermuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates? This amazing new book also examines the major barriers associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. For more details about this exciting new book please see this book about massively open online courses.

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