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As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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