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As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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