新编研究生综合英语教程UNIT8潘海英.pptxVIP

;;Text A The MOOC Bubble and the Attack on Public Education Text B Universities and Their Function ;If a practical end must be assigned to a University course, it is that of training good members of society. Its art is the art of social life, and its end is fitness for the world. It neither confines its view to particular professions on the one hand, nor creates heroes or inspires genius on the other. But a university training is the great but ordinary means to a great but ordinary end; it aims at raising the intellectual tone of society, at cultivating the public mind, at purifying the national taste, at supplying true principles to popular enthusiasm and fixed aims to popular aspiration, at giving enlargement and sobriety to the ideas of the age, at facilitating the exercise of political power, and refining the intercourse of private life. ;It is the education which gives a man a clear, conscious view of his own opinions and judgments, a truth in developing them, an eloquence in expressing them, and a force in urging them.? ? It is from the book?The Idea of a University?by John Henry Newman, ; Background Information Pre-reading Questions Text A The MOOC Bubble and the Attack on Public Education Vocabulary Exercises ;;; ;; MOOC - Massive Open Online Course 1.Massive, open, online courses (known as MOOCs) are short courses that are delivered online for free.??They dont have any entry requirements and are open to anyone anywhere in the world with an internet connection. MOOCs let you to fit learning into your life. They give you the flexibility to choose when and where you study - supporting you to manage your studies alongside your work or other commitments. If you have an internet connection MOOCs allow you to access quality education for free.; 2.MOOCs are classes that are taught online to large numbers of students, with minimal involvement by professors. Typically, students watch short video lectures and complete assignments that are graded eit