英语（外研版）作业手册：必修3Module6OldandNew.doc

第  PAGE 5 页 共  NUMPAGES 5 页 英语（外研版）作业手册：必修3 Module 6 Old and New [必修3　Module 6 Old and New] (限时：45分钟) 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Ⅰ.阅读理解 A class with tens or even hundreds of thousands of students might sound like a teachers bad dream. But a big idea in higher education these days is the massive open online course, or MOOC. Some universities offer free, non-credit(无学分的)MOOCs available to anyone in the world. Others charge for courses and provide credits. The idea is still developing. So far, most massive open online courses are in computer science, technology, mechanics and engineering. For example, students around the world are taking a free course called “Building a Computer Search Engine”. Two computer scientists, Sebastian Thrun and David Evans, are offering this course through . There are no education requirements for the course. The students watch short videos. Then, Mr Evans says, they take informal quizzes(测试)after the videos each week for six weeks. DAVID EVANS: “Quizzes are part of the lecture to keep students engaged and keep them thinking, for students to be able to check that they understood what we covered. Those are not graded and students try those as often as they wish. They can repeatedly watch the videos and take the quizzes whenever they want.” Students receive homework. They join online groups to exchange questions and answers about the course. The teachers hold office hours to answer questions that the students have voted to send them. They also present their own questions and observations to the students in order to help them make a deeper impression of the course. The students take a final examination to show where they rate in the class. Everyone who finishes the course receives a grade and proof of completion. Top students get letters documenting their work. Mr Thrun started Udacity, which supports free MOOCs. Udacity hopes to make a profit in the future by connecting possible employers with interested students.