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1、Inarecentannouncement Inarecentannouncement,HarvardandtheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(MIT)saidthattheyhavejoinedforcestoofferfreeonlinecoursesinanefforttoattractmillionsofonlinelearnersworldwide. Beginningthisfall,anumberofcoursesdevelopedbyteachersatbothuniversitieswillbeoffere
2、donlinethroughanew$60millionprogram,knownasedX.“AnyonewithanInternetconnectionanywhereintheworldcanuseouronlinecourses.”HarvardPresidentDrewFaustsaidduringameetingtoannouncetheplan. MIThasofferedaprogramcalledOpenCourseWarefortenyearsthatmakesmaterialsfrommorethan2,000classesfreeonline
3、.Ithasbeenusedbymorethan100millionpeople.InDecember,theschoolannounceditalsowouldbeginofferingaspecialcertificate,knownasMITx,forpeoplewhocompletecertainonlinecourses.Harvardhaslongofferedcoursestoawiderpopulationthroughasimilarprogram. TheMITxwillserveasthefoundationforthenewlearningp
4、latform. MITPresidentSusanHockfieldsaidmorethan120,000peoplesignedupforthefirstMITxcourse.ShesaidHarvardandMIThopeotheruniversitieswilljointheminofferingcoursesontheopen-sourceedXplatform. ”Fastenyourseatbelts,”Hockfieldsaid. Otheruniversities,includingStanford,YaleandCarnegie-Mellon
5、,havebeenexperimentingwithteachingtoaglobalpopulationonline. TheHarvard-MITprogramwillbemonitoredbyanot-for-profit(非盈利的)organizationbasedinCambridge,tobeownedequallybythetwouniversities.BothMITandHarvardhaveprovided$30milliontostarttheprogram.TheyalsoplantousetheedXplatformtoresearchho
6、wstudentslearnandwhichteachingmethodsandtoolsaremostsuccessful. 53.Accordingtothistext,edXis________. A.apartofthefreeMITOpenCourseWare B.afreecomputerprogrambyMITandHarvard C.aHarvard-MITplatformoffreeonlinecourses D.afreeprogramonlineforuniversitiesworldwide 54.Whatissaidabouton
7、lineeducationinthetext? A.Universitieshavebeentryingonlinecourses. B.About2,000onlinecourseshavebeenoffered. C.Over100millionpeoplehavefinishedcoursesonline. D.StanfordandYaletogetherhavecoursessimilartoedX. 55.Theunderlinedpartinthetextprobablymeans“________”. A.Getready
