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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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