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As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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