"MOOC" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /muːk/ Forms: MOOCs [plural]
enPR: mo͞ok Rhymes: -uːk Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: MOOC Categories (topical): Education Hyponyms: cMOOC, xMOOC Related terms: distance learning Translations (Massive Open Online Course): 慕課 (Chinese Mandarin), 慕课 (mùkè) (Chinese Mandarin), MOOC (Finnish), massiivinen avoin verkkokurssi (Finnish), CLOM (French), MOOC [masculine] (Italian)

Inflected forms

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