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The International Society for Extracellular Vesicles (ISEV) has organised its first educational online course for students and beginners in the field of extracellular vesicles (EVs). This course, "Basics of Extracellular Vesicles," uses recorded lectures from experts in the field and will be open for an unlimited number of participants. The course is divided into 5 modules and can be accessed at www.coursera.org/learn/extracellular-vesicles. The first module is an introduction to the field covering the nomenclature and history of EVs. Module 2 focuses on the biogenesis and uptake mechanisms of EVs, as well as their RNA, protein and lipid cargo. Module 3 covers the collection and processing of cell culture media and body fluids such as blood, breast milk, cerebrospinal fluid and urine prior to isolation of EVs. Modules 4 and 5 present different isolation methods and characterisation techniques utilised in the EV field. Here, differential ultracentrifugation, size-exclusion chromatography, density gradient centrifugation, kit-based precipitation, electron microscopy, cryo-electron microscopy, flow cytometry, atomic-force microscopy and nanoparticle-tracking analysis are covered. This first massive open online course (MOOC) on EVs was launched on 15 August 2016 at the platform "Coursera" and is free of charge.
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MOOC,a Massive Open Online Course,is a new curriculum model,which is having a significant impact on higher medical education in China.The paper discussed the feasibility and theoretical basis of MOOC platform-Coursera which was applied to M-learning for medical students,and tried to explore the way to benefit higher medical education reform.
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Objective To provide the effective and convenient medical MOOC and remote medical education by comparatively analyzing domestic and foreign medical MOOC.Methods The following items were comparatively an-alyzed, including the number of medical MOOC, the universities offering medical MOOC, the languages used in teaching medical MOOC, the identification of MOOC, and the development of domestic and foreign medical MOOC on platforms of Coursera, edX, China university MOOC and people's health MOOC.Results The domestic medical MOOC still had a longer way to go than foreign medical MOOC in their number, scale and identification.Conclu-sion Domestic medical workers should grasp the opportunity to provide more effective and convenient medical MOOC platform.
