MOOC

[ mook ]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of MOOC¹

First recorded in 2005–10

Example Sentences

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