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The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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