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As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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