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As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these important new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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