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As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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