Table 1.
Syllabus of the MOOC “Bioinformatics: Introduction and Methods.”
Table 2.
Overall statistics of the students.
Figure 1.
Students of the MOOC had diverse background.
(A) Students came from a broad range of disciplines. (B) More than half of the students were currently enrolled in educational programs or were currently working. (C) Most students had acquired a Bachelor's or Master's degree.
Figure 2.
Students' demographic profiles were diverse.
(A) The most prevalent age group consisted of students in their twenties. (B) There were more male students than female students. (C) Students came from over 100 countries and regions.
Figure 3.
English support is needed in an international MOOC.
(A) About half of the students did not know Chinese. (B) English subtitles were welcomed by both English- and Chinese-speaking students. (C) With English subtitles available, over 80% of non-Chinese-speaking students requested English dubbing.
Figure 4.
Students' preference for in-class recording versus studio recording.
(A) Half of the students were fine with both styles. The other half had different preferences. (B) Subtle but meaningful differences in preference of recording styles exist between English- and Chinese-speaking students.
Figure 5.
Students' opinions of Angelina Jolie's choice to do a mastectomy.
(A) About half of the students supported Jolie's choice in both runs. (B) Older students seemed more conservative than younger students about this choice.
Table 3.
Existing and upcoming MOOCs on bioinformatics and computational biology.