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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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