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As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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