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As elearning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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