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The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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