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As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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