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As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open education initiatives. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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