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As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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