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As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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