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Biomedical informatics: characterization of the offer of massive open online courses

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Content characteristics of biomedical informatics MOOCs.
CharacteristicsFrequencyPercentage
(n = 79)100%
Audio language
 English7696,2
 Russian22,5
 Chinese11,3
Transcription - subtitles
 English7696,2
 Russian3038
 French2936,7
 Spanish2835,4
 Portuguese2835,4
 Arabic1215,2
 Othersa1215,2
Is part of a specialization program
 No4962
 Yes3038
Durationb
 Duration of the course (weeks)54 a 12
 Estimated time per week (hours)32 a 4,5
Access
 Open6886,1
 Paid1113,9
Certification fee
 Yes6987,3
 No1012,7
Biomedical informatics domain
 Translational bioinformatics2734,2
 Public health informatics2329,1
 Clinical research informatics1316,5
 Consumer health informatics1215,2
 Clinical informatics45,1

MOOCs, massive online open courses.

aLess than 3 MOOCs.

bExpressed as median and interquartile range.

Source: Prepared by the authors based on the results of the study.