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The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational ventures. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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