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The comparison of teaching efficiency between massive open online courses and traditional courses in medicine education: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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BACKGROUND: This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate and compare the passing rates of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) with Traditional Courses to indicate how to improve the teaching efficiency in Medicine Education. METHODS: A systematic search of relevant published literature was conducted to collect relevant retrospective cohort studies that compared the teaching efficiency of MOOCs and Traditional Courses. RESULTS: There are three retrospective cohort studies included in the final meta-analysis. There were no significant differences in the passing rates of MOOCs and Traditional Courses. CONCLUSIONS: it is necessary for universities to invest in online education to promote the development of MOOCs, which will probably have an advantage over Traditional Courses for postgraduate medical education in the near future.
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“Online learning, as defined by Zhao et al. [49], is the approach of carrying out instructional strategies through real-time live broadcasts online.”
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- Authors
- Zhao, F., Fu, Y., Zhang, Q.-J., Zhou, Y., Ge, P.-F., Huang, H.-X., & He, Y.
- Affiliations
- Jiangsu Province Hospital (CN)
- Nanjing Medical University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- He, Yuan
- Venue
- Annals of Translational Medicine
- Publisher
- AME Publishing Company
- Published
- 2018-12
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 23
- Pages
- 458-458
- ISSN
- 2305-5839 (ISSN-L)
- 2305-5847
- PMC
- PMC6312816
- OpenAlex
- W2903150424
- Cited by
- 43
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 2
- FWCI
- 0.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-nd
- Locations
- Annals of Translational Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Innovations in Medical Education
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Science Applications › Online Learning and Analytics
- Social Sciences › Education › Online and Blended Learning
- Keywords
- massive open online courses, traditional courses, teaching efficiency, medical education, pass rates, online learning, graduate medical education, course comparison
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