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The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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