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Question 1
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95%
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Question 2
C
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15%
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76% (00:36) correct 24%
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The advent of online education in the first decade of the 21st century was the result of and response to a number of factors that were both internal and external to the field of higher education. Traditional tertiary institutions, especially those that were privately endowed, raised tuition rates far in excess of the rate of inflation. This, in concert with a larger demand for postsecondary education for working adults, helped facilitate the introduction of online learning. However, it should be acknowledged that the relative simplicity of using the Internet as a platform, as well as its cost-effectiveness, was seized upon by entrepreneurs in the private sector. Online education is largely in the hands of for-profit companies. The question now becomes whether the democratization of higher education is worth the price of removing it from nonprofit, research-based universities.
1. The passage is concerned primarily with
A. the advent of online education.
B. adult-oriented educational systems.
C. the usefulness of the Internet in postsecondary education.
D. trends in online education.
E. the advantages and disadvantages of online education.
A. the advent of online education.
B. adult-oriented educational systems.
C. the usefulness of the Internet in postsecondary education.
D. trends in online education.
E. the advantages and disadvantages of online education.
2. The highlighted section refers to
A. the cost of online education.
B. the popularity of online courses.
C. the opening of online education to the free market.
D. the role of voting in class selection.
E. whether or not a democratic society should have online education.
A. the cost of online education.
B. the popularity of online courses.
C. the opening of online education to the free market.
D. the role of voting in class selection.
E. whether or not a democratic society should have online education.
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Official Explanation
1. The passage is concerned primarily with
Explanation
You must be careful here. Just because (A) is a direct quotation of the opening of the passage does not make it the right answer, and, indeed, the passage moves away from the origins of the online education and into other facets of its expansion.
(B) is not discussed in the passage, even though the author makes note that the demand for adult-oriented education was one of the contributing factors in the rise of online learning.
Neither (C) nor (E) properly describes the entire scope of the passage. Only answer choice (D), “trends in online education,” can be said to encompass the entirety of the passage.
Answer: D
Explanation
You must be careful here. Just because (A) is a direct quotation of the opening of the passage does not make it the right answer, and, indeed, the passage moves away from the origins of the online education and into other facets of its expansion.
(B) is not discussed in the passage, even though the author makes note that the demand for adult-oriented education was one of the contributing factors in the rise of online learning.
Neither (C) nor (E) properly describes the entire scope of the passage. Only answer choice (D), “trends in online education,” can be said to encompass the entirety of the passage.
Answer: D
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