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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

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