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As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open educational undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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