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As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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