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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 becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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