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As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education initiatives. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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