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As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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