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As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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