Investigating the Current and Desired Status of Factors Influencing the Medical Universities’ Participation in the Development of Moocs from the Virtual Education Experts’ Viewpoints

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Barzehkar Azita; Karimian Zahra; Mehrabi Manoosh

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Journal: Journal of Research in Medical Education Year:2024 | Volume:16 | Issue:1 Page(s): 1-11

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Investigating the Current and Desired Status of Factors Influencing the Medical Universities’ Participation in the Development of Moocs from the Virtual Education Experts’ Viewpoints

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Barzehkar Azita | Karimian Zahra | Mehrabi Manoosh | Issue Writer Certificate

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Abstract

2Introduction: Various factors influence the rate of universities` Participation in the development of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). This research has been done to compare the current and desired status of factors affecting the Participation of Medical schools in the development of MOOCs from the virtual Education experts’ points of view in Iranian Medical universities. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted on 206 experts of virtual Education in Iranian Medical universities in 2021-2022 .Reseach tool includes a questionnaire consisted of 28 questions on a 5-point Likert scale with a cut-off point of 3. The validity of the tool was confirmed using CVR and CVI content analysis, and reliability was confirmed using internal consistency and Cronbach's alpha with a value of 0.949. Data were analyzed using paired t-test, independent t-test, and ANOVA through SPSS version 21. Results: The comparison between the current and desired status of the components revealed significant differences in the cultural components (P<0.001, t=32.54), structural components (P<0.001, t=31.47), political components (P<0.001, t=32.05), and human resources (P< 0.001, t=34.66). The current situation was found to be below the expected level (desired state). In evaluating the items, the lowest scores were related to holding national festivals(1.67±0.92), encouraging prominent activities(1.67±0.82), the sense of belonging and membership of the national MOOC (1.77±0.95), the existence of motivational mechanisms for teachers (1.82±1.01) and Educational experts (1.82±1.13) (P<0.001). In addition, attention to fair power distribution(1.94±1.02) and appropriate profitability (1.89±1.06) had the lowest average scores. Investigating the desired status, support services of virtual development centers(4.66±0.66), faculty development (4.65±0.74), motivational mechanisms (4.0±55.79), and compilation of Educational indicators and guidelines (4.54±0.79) had the highest averages. Conclusions: Based on results, the development of MOOCs encompasses multiple dimensions. It seems that determining |motivational mechanisms, the interactive relationship between e-learning policy-makers and universities of Medical sciences, fair distribution of power and resources, and the creation of common goals and roadmap to promote integration and synergy in effective and efficient activities is necessary.

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