MOOC

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: mo͞ok, IPA^(key): /muːk/
• Rhymes: -uːk

Noun

MOOC (plural MOOCs)

1. A massive open online course designed for a very large enrollment, offered on the World Wide Web by an educational institution and typically free of charge.

   Hyponyms: cMOOC, xMOOC

   • 2011 August 4, Audrey Watters, “Are MOOCs the Future of Online Learning?”, in KQED.org, retrieved 17 January 2013:

     In some ways, how learning and sharing works in a MOOC is more akin to a social network than to a traditional classroom.

   • 2012 March 4, Tamar Lewin, “Instruction for Masses Knocks Down Campus Walls”, in New York Times, retrieved 17 January 2013:

     Besides the Artificial Intelligence course, Stanford offered two other MOOCs last semester — Machine Learning (104,000 registered, and 13,000 completed the course), and Introduction to Databases (92,000 registered, 7,000 completed).

   • 2013 January 16, Anita Singh, Howard Adelman, “How open courses are changing the modern university”, in University Affairs, Canada, retrieved 17 January 2013:

     With MOOCs offered by the most renowned professors in their respective fields, students have less incentive to relocate for postsecondary education.

Translations

Massive Open Online Course

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 慕課／慕课 (mùkè)

• Finnish: MOOC (fi), massiivinen avoin verkkokurssi
• French: CLOM (fr)
• Italian: MOOC m

See also

• distance learning

Anagrams

• COMO, Como, MoCo, coom, moco