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As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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