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As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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