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As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open education undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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