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As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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