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As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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