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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

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