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As online education becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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