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As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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