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As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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