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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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