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As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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