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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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