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From the Ted Talk by Anant Agarwal: Why massive open online courses (still) matter

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So at edX and a nbmeur of other organizations, we are aippnylg these technologies to education through MOOCs to really increase access to ecuiodtan. And you heard of this example, where, when we lcuehnad our very first course — and this was an MIT-hard circuits and electronics course — about a year and a half ago, 155,000 students from 162 countries enrolled in this course. And we had no mtrkneiag budget. Now, 155,000 is a big number. This number is bigger than the total number of alumni of MIT in its 150-year history. 7,200 students passed the course, and this was a hard course. 7,200 is also a big number. If I were to teach at MIT two semesters every year, I would have to tcaeh for 40 years before I could teach this many students.

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So at edX and a ______ of other organizations, we are ________ these technologies to education through MOOCs to really increase access to _________. And you heard of this example, where, when we ________ our very first course — and this was an MIT-hard circuits and electronics course — about a year and a half ago, 155,000 students from 162 countries enrolled in this course. And we had no _________ budget. Now, 155,000 is a big number. This number is bigger than the total number of alumni of MIT in its 150-year history. 7,200 students passed the course, and this was a hard course. 7,200 is also a big number. If I were to teach at MIT two semesters every year, I would have to _____ for 40 years before I could teach this many students.

Solution


  1. applying
  2. teach
  3. number
  4. marketing
  5. education
  6. launched

Original Text


So at edX and a number of other organizations, we are applying these technologies to education through MOOCs to really increase access to education. And you heard of this example, where, when we launched our very first course — and this was an MIT-hard circuits and electronics course — about a year and a half ago, 155,000 students from 162 countries enrolled in this course. And we had no marketing budget. Now, 155,000 is a big number. This number is bigger than the total number of alumni of MIT in its 150-year history. 7,200 students passed the course, and this was a hard course. 7,200 is also a big number. If I were to teach at MIT two semesters every year, I would have to teach for 40 years before I could teach this many students.

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