n.
An online course open to anyone and designed to handle an extremely large number of students. [From the phrase massive open online course.]
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MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are the latest addition to the acronym-bound lexicon of higher education, and quite possibly the most significant of them all. They represent a new generation of online education, freely accessible on the internet and geared towards very large student numbers.
—Mike Boxall, "MOOCs: a massive opportunity for higher education, or digital hype?," The Guardian, August 8, 2012
—Mike Boxall, "MOOCs: a massive opportunity for higher education, or digital hype?," The Guardian, August 8, 2012
I was asked by the excellent Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach to speak to her PLP class about MOOCs...We started talking about what it meant to have lots and lots of people learning together... Somewhere in there, I called them a massive open online course... For which I have been often chastised.
—Dave Cormier, "20 questions (and answers) about MOOCs," Dave's Educational Blog, July 31, 2012
—Dave Cormier, "20 questions (and answers) about MOOCs," Dave's Educational Blog, July 31, 2012
Earliest Citation:
I thought about that story when I saw Dave Cormier's Connectivism Wiki or MOOC (Massive Online Open Courses).
—Beth Kanter, "Working Wikily: Establishing A Giving or Gifting Culture in Wiki Community," Beth's Blog: Nonprofits and Social Media, July 27, 2008
—Beth Kanter, "Working Wikily: Establishing A Giving or Gifting Culture in Wiki Community," Beth's Blog: Nonprofits and Social Media, July 27, 2008
Notes:
Education researcher Dave Cormier is the coiner of MOOC, but as far as I can tell no online cite is available for the first use. The earliest citation links to a website called Connectivism Wiki that probably has the first use, but alas that site has been taken down.
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