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As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these significant new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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