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Massive open online courses in health sciences from Latin American institutions: A need for improvement?

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dc.contributor.author Culquichicón, Carlos
dc.contributor.author Helguero-Santin, Luis M.
dc.contributor.author Labán-Seminario, L. Max
dc.contributor.author Cardona-Ospina, Jaime A.
dc.contributor.author Aboshady, Omar A.
dc.contributor.author Correa, Ricardo
dc.date.accessioned 2019-01-25T17:00:26Z
dc.date.available 2019-01-25T17:00:26Z
dc.date.issued 2017
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/4924
dc.description.abstract Background: Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have undergone exponential growth over the past few years, offering free and worldwide access to high-quality education. We identified the characteristics of MOOCs in the health sciences offered by Latin American institutions (LAIs). Methods: We screened the eight leading MOOCs platforms to gather their list of offerings. The MOOCs were classified by region and subject. Then, we obtained the following information: Scopus H-index for each institution and course instructor, QS World University Ranking® 2015/16 of LAI, and official language of the course. Results: Our search identified 4170 MOOCs worldwide. From them, 205 MOOCs were offered by LAIs, and six MOOCs were health sciences related. Most of these courses (n = 115) were offered through Coursera. One health science MOOC was taught by three instructors, of which only one was registered in Scopus (H-index = 0). The remaining five health science MOOCs had solely one instructor (H-index = 4 [0-17]). The Latin American country with the highest participation was Brazil (n = 11). Conclusion: The contribution of LAI to MOOCs in the health sciences is low. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher F1000 Research
dc.relation.ispartofseries F1000Research
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Continuing education en_US
dc.subject Education distance en_US
dc.subject Health education en_US
dc.subject Latin America en_US
dc.title Massive open online courses in health sciences from Latin American institutions: A need for improvement? en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.11626.1
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.06.03
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.01.03
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.01.05
dc.relation.issn 2046-1402


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