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As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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