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As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important 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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