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As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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