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As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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