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As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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