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The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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