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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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