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As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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