問題詳情
As the media’s infatuation with massive open online courses (MOOCs) continuesunabated, some academics seem to be succumbing to the hand-wringing about whetherMOOCs will destroy higher education as we know it (see “Will MOOCs Destroy Academia?”by Moshe Vardi in the November 2012 issue of Communications). Is it a bad thing that we“have let the genie out of the bottle,” as Vardi suggested in his Editor's Letter? I argue that aclose, systematic, and sustained look at how MOOCs are actually being used should persuadethe careful observer that tasteful use of MOOC technology can strengthen academia.Note I do not say “MOOCs will strengthen academia.” They certainly can, but whether theydo depends on how they are received and used by academics. Full disclosure: 61 being aMOOC instructor myself, I am the recently appointed faculty director of Berkeley'sMOOCLab, 62 extends Berkeley's existing online education programs with MOOCresearch and practice. But I am not cheering for MOOCs because I have this position; 63 ,I agreed to take the position because I am excited about the possibilities of MOOCs and otheronline education. In particular, 64 MOOCs are used as a supplement to classroomteaching rather than being viewed a replacement for it, they can increase instructor leverage,student throughput, student mastery, and student engagement. I call this model the SPOC:small private online course.
【題組】61.
(A) so
(B) on behalf of
(C) upon
(D) besides
參考答案
答案：D
難度：適中0.428571
統計：A(3),B(25),C(13),D(33),E(0)
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