mooc

mooc — 名詞

1. a type of class that is offered online for free or at low cost and is designed s

1.名詞B1
釋義

磨課師

大規模開放式線上課程

a type of class that is offered online for free or at low cost and is designed so that thousands of students can join from anywhere in the world. The word is an abbreviation whose four letters stand for the main features of this kind of course.

例句

Adina enrolled in a mooc on climate change offered by a university in Sweden.

Adina 選修了一所瑞典大學開設的磨課師課程，主題是氣候變遷。

verb collocation: enroll in a mooc

After finishing the mooc on data science, Lakshmi received a certificate of completion.

Lakshmi 上完資料科學的磨課師之後，收到了一張結業證書。

completion structure: finish a mooc + receive certificate

同義詞
  • online course

    broader term; not all online courses are free or open to unlimited numbers

  • open course

    focuses on the no-entry-barrier aspect but does not specify online delivery

  • distance-learning course

    emphasises the remote aspect; may be paid and limited in size

反義詞

文法句型

a/the mooc

mooc + noun (modifier)

用法筆記

Used as a countable noun: 'a mooc', 'two moocs', 'the mooc'. Frequently appears as a modifier before another noun — for example, 'mooc platform', 'mooc provider', 'mooc certificate'.

常見錯誤

❌I signed up for a MOOC course.
✅I signed up for a mooc.
💡The 'C' in MOOC already stands for 'course', so adding 'course' is redundant.
❌The mooc had only ten students.
✅Moocs are designed for large numbers of learners.
💡By definition a mooc is massive; a small class is not a mooc.