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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 commonplace there is a demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these open education initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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