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As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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