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As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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