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As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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