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As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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