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As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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