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As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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