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The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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