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The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open education ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also talks about the major 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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