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As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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