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As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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