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The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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