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The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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