Re:Show HN: uMOOC, an online tutoring platform for Harvard's...
by titanix2 on Friday June 16, 2017 @07:56AM
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A MOOC is a massive online course, so why calling your service uMOOC if it provides 1:1 tutoring?
It is not a class, it focus on a single learner and it is not free (which is expected as well from MOOC, otherwise it is traditional remote education) so it seems very far from the spirit of MOOC.
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Re:Show HN: uMOOC, an online tutoring platform for Harvard's...
by dkennemo on Friday June 16, 2017 @08:49AM
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The idea behind the name is that rather than just tutoring generally (which is provided by sites like wyzant), these tutors are specially selected for their competence with certain MOOCs - they've taken these courses before, typically as a student in a university. The "u" represents the learner - while MOOCs are a depersonalized learning medium, this service puts "u" back into it. We don't offer MOOCs, but a service used parallel to taking a MOOC to enhance the student's likelihood of success.