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As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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