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As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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