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As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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