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As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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