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As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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