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As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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