MOOC
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of MOOC
First recorded in 2005–10
Example Sentences
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The professors would like to push the course materials online — teaching it as a MOOC, for example, a freely available course taught over the web.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2017
Craftsy is essentially a sort of paid huge open online course, or MOOC, a type of e-learning style made popular by web pioneers like Lynda.com and, more recently, Salman Khan’s Khan Academy.
From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2014
Last year, 90% of the 87 enrolled students passed San Jose State’s first blended MOOC, which was based on the recordings from MIT’s Circuits and Electronics course.
From Forbes • Mar. 31, 2014
Palmer said Friday that about 11,000 people had signed up for the Jefferson MOOC.
From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2014
Once you have learned that in English the article comes before the noun, you don’t have to relearn that order every time you acquire a new noun, such as hashtag, app, or MOOC.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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