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As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers 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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