Comment on What You Need to Know About MOOCsComments−nlh13ySlightly off topic - sorry.Whoever coined the acronym MOOC is clearly not from the NYC area or has not heard the term "mook", which is all I see when I read this article.http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mookThis is an acronym that should be killed quickly.Maybe something like MMOE (Massive Multiuser Online Education)? Or MOOE (Massive Open Online Education) or OEOE (Open Enrollment Online Education)....−intellegacy13yThis is the first time I have heard any complaints about the acronym. Not that I particularly like it myself, but I don't think it's a big deal. The world does not revolve around NYC.−seiji13yFun fact: the ubiquitous term STEM started out as SMET. Nobody liked saying "SMET" though, so they changed it to a real word.−Turing_Machine13yIt's too late. :-) There's actually a long history of this sort of thing in the tech world (consider Unix and its homonym).Seriously, your alternatives aren't pronounceable words, and that's a major disadvantage.−michaelochurch13yMooks aren't so bad, but those Scalding Coffee Cups will fuck up your shit, especially because you have to fight them without Paula.
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Slightly off topic - sorry.
Whoever coined the acronym MOOC is clearly not from the NYC area or has not heard the term "mook", which is all I see when I read this article.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mook
This is an acronym that should be killed quickly.
Maybe something like MMOE (Massive Multiuser Online Education)? Or MOOE (Massive Open Online Education) or OEOE (Open Enrollment Online Education)....
This is the first time I have heard any complaints about the acronym. Not that I particularly like it myself, but I don't think it's a big deal. The world does not revolve around NYC.
Fun fact: the ubiquitous term STEM started out as SMET. Nobody liked saying "SMET" though, so they changed it to a real word.
It's too late. :-) There's actually a long history of this sort of thing in the tech world (consider Unix and its homonym).
Seriously, your alternatives aren't pronounceable words, and that's a major disadvantage.
Mooks aren't so bad, but those Scalding Coffee Cups will fuck up your shit, especially because you have to fight them without Paula.