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The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open education initiatives. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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