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The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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