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As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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