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As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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