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As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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