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The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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