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As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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