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As online education becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open education undertakings. Students want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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