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The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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