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As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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