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As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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