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As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important 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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