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As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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