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As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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