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As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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