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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 t
by nlh 14y ago
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 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)....
- seiji 14y agoFun fact: the ubiquitous term STEM started out as SMET. Nobody liked saying "SMET" though, so they changed it to a real word.
- intellegacy 14y agoThis 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.
- michaelochurch 14y agoMooks aren't so bad, but those Scalding Coffee Cups will fuck up your shit, especially because you have to fight them without Paula.
- Turing_Machine 14y agoIt'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.