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As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. People want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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