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As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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