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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 abundant there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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