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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

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