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As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open education ventures. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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