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As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the 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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