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As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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