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As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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