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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

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