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As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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