有关MOOC的英文作文-中英对照.docx

慕课英文写作中英对照Everyone’s going MOOC-crazy these days. From frequent media?coverage?of online courses and?platforms?like Coursera, edX, Udacity, and Udemy to discussions about the complexities and business models of online education, the excitement around MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) has finally “bubbled” over.在最近的这些日子里，MOOC 让每个人为之疯狂。在媒体对在线课程及诸如 Coursera, edX, Udacity, Udemy 这些平台的大规模报道，以及关于其复杂性和商业模式的各种讨论之后，围绕 MOOC 的各种兴奋终于归于平静。The question is not just whether MOOCs are going to?disrupt?traditional education, but how. Is it just about lower costs and access? Is it really going to be a Napster-like moment with entrenched “Teamsters in tweed” worried about the erosion of their research, publishing, and teaching?但当前的问题已不是 MOOC 是否会颠覆传统教育，而是会如何颠覆传统教育。难道 MOOC 的优势仅在于更低的成本和更便捷的学习渠道？MOOC 真会如某些老顽固所言，侵蚀他们的研究、出版和教学活动，造就诸如当年Napster颠覆音乐行业的时刻？This is where we can leave the realm of hype and?commentary?to draw on our own years of research into disruption theory.?Because the curious thing about the MOOC wave of disruption is that the market leaders — not just upstarts from the edges — are the ones?pioneering?it. And that rarely happens.在关于 MOOC 的各种炒作和评论之外，我们得以分享我们自己就颠覆性创新的多年研究。因为，这一波由 MOOC 掀起的颠覆式浪潮中有一点足让人好奇，即那些处于市场中心的既得利益者，而不仅仅是那些处于市场边缘的创业团队，在率先引导（制造）这样一个变革， 而这种情况，此前很少发生。But First: Are MOOCs Really ‘Disruptive’?Yes, the word “disrupt” is overused. But it has a specific meaning when we’re talking about it. And MOOCs do bear the early hallmarks of a disruptive?innovation:首先，MOOC果真在“颠覆”吗？没错，“颠覆”这个词已经被用烂了。不过，这个被用烂的词背后实际有其指代，我们说 MOOC 是颠覆式的，也确实名正言顺，原因有三：Serves non-consumers. MOOCs are limited in the services they provide compared to traditional colleges, yet at the same time they are free and more accessible — which allows them to serve those who couldn’t otherwise access traditional higher education. Similarly, Toyota’s early cars didn’t match the reliability of Detroit’s automobiles. But they were more affordable and convenient, so the company first served people (“non-consumers”) for w