Online universities are becoming popular with those who fancy a top-class education but cannot
afford the fee or the time. In November 2012, the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation invested a million
dollars in edX, the world’s largest online learning 1 . Founded by Harvard and MIT, edX 2 a
growing number of online courses aimed at bringing 3 versions of world-class higher education
to hundreds of thousands of participants. By 2013, it will offer a selection of entirely free online classes
from Harvard, MIT, UC Berkeley and the University of Texas. As a not-for-profit 4 , edX
is advertised as the future of online education for anyone, anywhere and anytime. Besides edX,
Udacity is another free provider of digital higher education 5 existence was inspired by the
enrollment of 160,000 students in its founders’ online Introduction to Higher Education course at
Stanford. 【題組】
1. (A) definition (B) reception (C) institution (D) suggestion
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