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MOOC

American  
[mook] / muk /

noun

  1. Digital Technology, Education. massive (or massively) open online course: a usually free online course open to anyone and potentially having a huge number of enrolled participants.


Etymology

Origin of MOOC

First recorded in 2005–10

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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

Their biggest question: How did Myanganbayar master the material in the MOOC, based on a sophomore-level MIT course on circuits and electronics, without having taken the prerequisites that cover concepts such as differential equations?

From Slate Apr. 23, 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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