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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition