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As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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