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As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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