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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 available there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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