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As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also researches 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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