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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 widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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