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The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better perceive these fascinating new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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