The irreplaceable role of medical massive open online courses in China during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have become innovative open-learning approach in medical education. This study aimed to evaluate the dynamic changes in the construction and application of medical MOOCs before and after the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in China.

Methods

The dynamic changes of usages about medical MOOCs before and after 2020 were mainly searched on the Smart Education of China Higher Education platform, and the detailed learning profiles and outcome indicators were further analyzed using 40 national first-class medical MOOCs from 'zhihuishu' platform.

Results

A total of 2,405 medical MOOCs were exported from the Smart Education of China Higher Education platform, of which 1,313 (54.6%) were launched since 2020. The total a

SUBMITTER: Zhu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10166685 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature