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The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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