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As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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