Massive Open Online Courses in Public Health
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) represent a new and potentially transformative model for providing educational opportunities to learners not enrolled in a formal educational program. The authors describe the experience of developing and offering eight MOOCs on a variety of public health topics....
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| author | Ira eGooding Brian eKlaas James D Yager Sukon eKanchanaraksa |
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| description | Massive open online courses (MOOCs) represent a new and potentially transformative model for providing educational opportunities to learners not enrolled in a formal educational program. The authors describe the experience of developing and offering eight MOOCs on a variety of public health topics. Existing institutional infrastructure and experience with both for-credit online education and open educational resources mitigated the institutional risk and resource requirements. Although learners are able to enroll easily and freely and do so in large numbers, there is considerable variety in the level of participation and engagement among enrollees. As a result, comprehensive and accurate assessment of meaningful learning progress remains a major challenge for evaluating the effectiveness of MOOCs for providing public health education. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cc54b03fbc974b72ba83fb8f211544b12022-12-21T18:25:43ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652013-11-01110.3389/fpubh.2013.0005963919Massive Open Online Courses in Public HealthIra eGooding0Brian eKlaas1James D Yager2Sukon eKanchanaraksa3Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public HealthJohns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public HealthJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthJohns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public HealthMassive open online courses (MOOCs) represent a new and potentially transformative model for providing educational opportunities to learners not enrolled in a formal educational program. The authors describe the experience of developing and offering eight MOOCs on a variety of public health topics. Existing institutional infrastructure and experience with both for-credit online education and open educational resources mitigated the institutional risk and resource requirements. Although learners are able to enroll easily and freely and do so in large numbers, there is considerable variety in the level of participation and engagement among enrollees. As a result, comprehensive and accurate assessment of meaningful learning progress remains a major challenge for evaluating the effectiveness of MOOCs for providing public health education.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpubh.2013.00059/fullpublic health educationOnline Educationopen educationmassive open online coursesMOOCs |
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| title | Massive Open Online Courses in Public Health |
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| title_short | Massive Open Online Courses in Public Health |
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| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpubh.2013.00059/full |
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