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As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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