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The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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