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massive open online course

Summary

massive open online course ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,912 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • massive open online course is a type of online course[2].
  • massive open online course's Commons category is recorded as Massive open online course[3].
  • 2008 marks the founding of massive open online course[4].
  • massive open online course's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Open online course[5].
  • massive open online course's topic has template is recorded as Template:MOOC[6].
  • massive open online course's manifestation of is recorded as distance education[7].
  • massive open online course's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Massive Open Online Course'}[8].
  • massive open online course's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'MOOC'}[9].
  • massive open online course's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'MOOC'}[10].
  • massive open online course's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'MOOC'}[11].
  • massive open online course's hashtag is recorded as MOOC[12].
  • massive open online course's named by is recorded as Dave Cormier[13].
  • massive open online course's P6009 is recorded as 29260[14].

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Definition and Type

massive open online course is a type of online course[2].

Origins

2008 marks the founding of massive open online course[4].

Why It Matters

massive open online course ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,912 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . timeshighereducation.com. Retrieved . timeshighereducation.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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