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As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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