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As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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