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Definition of 'MOOC'Noun
( en-noun)
A M'assive]] '''O'''pen '''O'''nline [[course|' C ourse designed for a very large enrollment, offered on the World Wide Web by an educational institution and typically free of charge.
* 2011' Aug. 4, Audrey Watters, " Are '''MOOCs the Future of Online Learning?," ''KQED.org (retrieved 17 Jan 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 ," New York Times (retrieved 17 Jan 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 Jan. 16, Anita Singh and Howard Adelman, " How open courses are changing the modern university ," University Affairs (Canada) (retrieved 17 Jan 2013):
- With MOOCs offered by the most renowned professors in their respective fields, students have less incentive to relocate for postsecondary education.
See also
* distance learning
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