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As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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