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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

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