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As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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