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The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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