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As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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