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As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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