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As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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