通过网络公开课免费获得教育(2/2)
概括：近来高等教育提出一个新的理念叫做大规模网络开放课程，简称MOOC，让一个班有数十名，甚至数十万名学生成为可能。Hints:
Thrun
Udacity
MOOC
David Evans
Stanford
校对：雨尽无言
翻译：Olivertt
注解：大爱柯南
组长：莜珍
答疑：大爱柯南http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201203/201203250949339377274.mp3Students receive homework. They join online groups to exchange questions and answers about the course.
The teachers hold virtual office hours to answer questions that the students have voted to send them. They also present their own questions and observations.
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. On his Stanford homepage he says he wants to "democratize" education. Education, he says, should be free, accessible for all, everywhere and any time.
So how does David Evans compare the education in MOOCs to traditional teaching?
"There are things that we can do better in the online format. We can certainly deliver high-quality education to so much more students with much lower cost ."
But he recognizes the limits.
"Part of what I hope will happen as a result of this is that the best traditional universities will be able to focus on the things that they can do really well that can't be done better through an online university."学生们被布置家庭作业。他们通过参加在线小组来交流课程中的问题和答案。
老师们用实际办公时间来回答学生们经投票决定发给他们的问题。他们还会提出自己的问题和看法。
学生们会参加期末考试，并获得班级排名。每一位完成课程的学生会获得一张成绩单和结业证明。
史郎先生创办了支持大规模网络开放课程的Udacity网站。Udacity希望在未来通过为潜在雇主和有意向的学生牵线搭桥来盈利。在他的斯坦福大学主页上来说，他希望教育民主化。他说，教育应该免费，向所有人开放，不拘地点和时间。
那么大卫·埃文斯如何看待网络开放课程和传统教学的呢？
“有些事情我们可以通过在线的方式做的更好。我们肯定能够以更低的成本向更多的学生提供高质量的教育。”
但是他承认这有局限性。
“我希望能够产生的结果之一是，顶级传统大学能够集中精力做好那些网络大学无法做得更好的工作。”
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