Reading: Education and ways of learning

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"Have you heard about MOOCs?" Professor Lovegood asked loudly. Some of the students shaked their heads from right to left. "Well, then let's look at this text in order to find out what is it."




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Text: B1 Reading: Education 2- free practice test. (n.d.). Retrieved December 8, 2018, from https://www.examenglish.com/B1/b1_reading_education_moocs.htm

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