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As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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