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As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open education endeavours. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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