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As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to understand these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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