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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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