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As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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