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As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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