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As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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