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As online education becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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