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As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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