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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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