In many ways this article (7 page PDF) leaves me with more questions than answers (the authors at one point observe "the terminal efficiency of the course is far above from what the evidence suggests") but the case is made, I think, that launching a MOOC is an effective strategy in the case of an urgent need such as a cholera epidemic. It's more (and better) than just an information dump. The authors also note that completion rates (which were quite high) were supported not only by the urgency of the epidemic, but also by "peer support and workplace facilities, particularly in healthcare centers, hospitals, and teaching areas of health jurisdictions, where a type of companionship and mutual support was generated, which ultimately favored the submission of evaluations." The authors reported an 85% completion rate, and more importantly, an effective response to the epidemic, one that is now being replicated elsewhere. Via Paperity.
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