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As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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