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As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the key 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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