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As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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