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As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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