MOOC
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of MOOC
First recorded in 2005–10
Example Sentences
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Yes, remote learning is a drag—I have personally started and quit many a MOOC—but in the end, the main benefit of an Ivy League education isn’t really classes, fantastic as some of them might be.
From Slate
This is not just another MOOC.
From Scientific American
If 2012 was “The Year of the MOOC”—massive open online courses, usually offered for free—2017 could be “The Year of the Microcredential.”
From Slate
How an engineering professor who “flunked” her way through high school math and science went on to create the world’s most popular MOOC.
From New York Times
The latest thinking is parsed by Mitch Prinstein, a professor and director of clinical psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in his forthcoming book, “Popular: The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World,” and in his currently running MOOC.
From New York Times
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