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As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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