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As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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