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As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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