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As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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