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As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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