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You may have heard of MOOCs—Massive
Open Online Courses(大规模在线开放课程).
These courses are given by famous universities
around the world. They were usually for university students or adults, but
that's changing. MOOCs are also for younger learners now.
Mr Wei is a teacher from a middle
school in Shanghai. He opened several computer courses last year. He recorded
his courses and put them on the Internet as a part of the "MOOCs Go to
Middle School" project in China. Middle school students can now choose
from those online courses and study by themselves outside school.
Some teachers are worried. Although they
can learn a lot from MOOCs, middle school students may not have enough time to
take MOOCs outside the class.
In November, 2012, a university in the
USA opened the world's first free MOOC for middle school students—a three－week class on
biology. About 200 middle school students took the class and some were from as
far away as China. You see, time and distance are not problems for eager
learners.
