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As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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