MOOC代表什么？
<p> 近两年，世界名校网络公开课受到热捧，各大字幕组争相出字幕，门户网站也争相购版权。一时间，追随网络公开课的人似乎都有点比别人先进一步的感觉。这些网络公开课在英语里叫<span word="Massive">Massive</span> <span word="Open">Open</span> <span word="Online">Online</span> <span word="Course">Course</span>（<span word="MOOC">MOOC</span>）。</p><p> </p><p> <span word="MOOCs">MOOCs</span> (<span word="Massive">Massive</span> <span word="Open">Open</span> <span word="Online">Online</span> <span word="Courses">Courses</span>) <span word="are">are</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="latest">latest</span> <span word="addition">addition</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="acronym">acronym</span>-<span word="bound">bound</span> <span word="lexicon">lexicon</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="higher">higher</span> <span word="education">education</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="quite">quite</span> <span word="possibly">possibly</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="significant">significant</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="all">all</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="represent">represent</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="generation">generation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="education">education</span>, <span word="freely">freely</span> <span word="accessible">accessible</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="internet">internet</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="geared">geared</span> <span word="towards">towards</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="student">student</span> <span word="numbers">numbers</span>.</p><p> <span word="MOOC">MOOC</span>（网络公开课）是高等教育相关缩写词汇中的新成员，也可能是所有词汇中最具影响力的一个。网络公开课代表网络教育的新一代，可以通过网络免费获取，接收到学生数目巨大。</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="phenomenon">phenomenon</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="likened">likened</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Stanford">Stanford</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="to">to</span> "<span word="a">a</span> <span word="digital">digital</span> <span word="tsunami">tsunami</span>", <span word="threatening">threatening</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sweep">sweep</span> <span word="aside">aside</span> <span word="conventional">conventional</span> <span word="university">university</span> <span word="education">education</span>. <span word="Whether">Whether</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rise">rise</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="MOOCs">MOOCs</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="prove">prove</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="warrant">warrant</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="hyperbole">hyperbole</span>, <span word="there">there</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="doubt">doubt</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="happening">happening</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="global">global</span> <span word="system">system</span>, <span word="raising">raising</span> <span word="profound">profound</span> <span word="questions">questions</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="nature">nature</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="future">future</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="higher">higher</span> <span word="education">education</span>.</p><p> 这一现象被斯坦福大学的校长比作“一场数字海啸”，称有可能将传统大学教育全部“冲走”。不论网络公开课的崛起是否真的会达到如此夸张的阶段，有一点可以肯定的是全球体系内正在发生一些重要的事情，并引发了对高等教育本质和将来的一些疑问。</p>
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