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As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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