【Lastweek.wetalkedaboutMassiveOpenOnlineCourses.alsocalledMOOCs.Tensofthousands,orevenmore,peopleCantaketheseclassesallatonce.YoucanbeanywhereintheworhttotakeaMOOC.Allyouneedisacomputerandanetworkco】
Lastweek.wetalkedaboutMassiveOpenOnlineCourses.alsocalledMOOCs.Tensofthousands,orevenmore,peopleCantaketheseclassesallatonce.YoucanbeanywhereintheworhttotakeaMOOC.Allyouneedisacomputerandanetworkconnection.
MOOCsaddtoatraditionofwhatisknownasdistancelearning.Foryears,manycollegeshaveofferedclassesthataretaughtpartlyormostlyonline.MOOCsareavailableinsubjectslikecomlmterscience,engineeringormechanics.CanMOOCsinsubjectslikeartsorthehumanities(人文学科)beaseffective?
ScottAndersonteachesphilosophyattheUniversityofBritishColumbiainCanada.HeseesbothgoodandbadsidestoMOOCs.ScottAndersonsays,"Therearepailsthatwillbetine,insofarasmostlywhenstudentslistentoalecture.thereisnospecialreasonwhytheyneedtobephysicallypresenttohearandgetit."Mr.AndersonsaysincreasednumbersofstudentsinMOOCscanmeanlesscommunicationbetweenthemandteachers.Hesaystwowaystodealwiththisare.byaddingmoreteachersandsettinguponlinediscussiongroups.
LisaJadwinteachesEnglishandAmericanliteratureandwritingatSt.JohnFisherCollegeinNewYork.Shesaysonlineeducationhassomeweaknessesforhersubjects.
Shesays,"What'slostinonlineeducationisface-to-faceinteraction.Andthatold-fashionedapprouchisnotgoingtobereplacedveryquicklybycomputer-aidedinstrnction."ProfessorJadwinsayssomestudentscouldlearnverywellfromtalksandreadingassignments,blogsanddiscussiongroups.Butshebelievesthathybridcoursesworkbest.Shedescribeshybridsasmixingface-to-facecourseelementswithcomputer-aidedteachingandwritingproiects.
BillPogueteachescommunicationsattheUniversityofHouston-Downtown.Heseesgoodvalueinonlineeducation.Henotedastrongsenseofcommunitvinanonlineciyrseheoncetook.Hesaidthestudentsworkedtogetheronaprojectwhilelivingonfourcontinents.
71.MOOCsaremorepopularintheworldbecause___.
A.fewpeoplecantakethesecourses
B.distancelearningistheonlywaytostudynow
C.MOOCsareeffectiveinallthesubjects
D.thestudentscanbeanywheretotakethem
72.rrheauthord