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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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