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The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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