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Information and communication technologies are an integral part of modern society. The need of highly qualified professionals with a master’s degree is growing. Universities are faced with major challenges in organizing postgraduate studies. For a variety of reasons, very high percentage of postgraduate studies isn’t completed. The obvious forces the need for innovative forms of education. One of the ways to solve problems in postgraduate studies are using of blended learning.
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Venckauskas, A., Janaviciute, A., Maciulevicius, S., Mikuckiene, I. (2012). Influence of Blended Learning on Outcomes of Postgraduate Studies. In: Skersys, T., Butleris, R., Butkiene, R. (eds) Information and Software Technologies. ICIST 2012. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 319. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33308-8_27
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