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As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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