Table 1.

Differences Between Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) and Traditional Online Course in the Healthcare Curriculum

	Traditional Online Course	MOOC
Registrants	10 to 30 participants	Thousands of participants
Teaching method	45 to 60 minutes lecture	Five to seven 10-minute lecture segments per module
Discussion	Interaction with faculty is high	Online discussion forum with other participants; faculty and teaching assistants contribute
Homework	Homework is often readings assigned for each lecture	Homework is experiential with videos showing how exercises or other activities are done
Timing of course	1 to 3 hour-long lectures per week	Two self-paced modules presented per week over 10 weeks
Cost	Cost per credit	No cost or small cost for continuing education credit
Completion rate	90%	10% to 20%