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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources