Global Use, Adaptation, and Sharing of Massive Open Online Courses for Emergency Health on the OpenWHO Platform: Survey Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the global need for accessible content to rapidly train health care workers during health emergencies. The massive open access online course (MOOC) format is a broadly embraced strategy for widespread dissemination of trainings. Yet, barriers associated with technology access, language, and cultural context limit the use of MOOCs, particularly in lower-resource communities. There is tremendous potential for MOOC developers to increase the global scale and contextualization of learning; however, at present, few studies examine the adaptation and sharing of health MOOCs to address these challenges.

Objective

The World Health Organization's Health Emergencies Programme Learning and Capacity Development Unit and the Stanford Center f

SUBMITTER: Johnston JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11759914 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature