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As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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