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As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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