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As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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