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As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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