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As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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