Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have often been considered as one of the major innovative Higher Education strategies. But, their application in the teaching of clinical disciplines has been very limited. Implant dentistry is one of the most recent and rapidly developing clinical subjects within Oral Health Sciences which greatly lacks flexible, quality-assured and unbiased education. Thus, in this regard new self-regulated learning strategies could potentially be a helpful tool for improving knowledge-based information in this discipline.
MOOC is an open learning environment introduced in the year 2008 that quickly gained attention with time. It is a successful platform that can cater to the needs of a large number of learners and importantly offers both learners and tutors an open and continual form of interaction beyond the limits of conventional online courses . MOOCs are…
