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As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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