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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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