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As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open educational ventures. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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