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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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