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The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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