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As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers 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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