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As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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