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As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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