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As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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