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The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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