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As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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