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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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