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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 several issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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