双语新闻我国约2.7亿人学习慕课

MOOC attracts 270M users

about 270 million people have taken massive open online courses (MOOC) in China as of August this year, according to the Ministry of Education.

教育部称，到本年8月，我国慕课学习人数约达2.7亿。

With around 15,000 courses, China has built an extensive MOOC network offering a wide range of courses across a variety of disciplines, said the ministry. Of the users, about 80 million were college students, the ministry said.

现在慕课数量约1.5万门，我国已建成包括多个学科、内容广泛的慕课网络。教育部称，在慕课学习者中，约有8000万人为高校学生。

?The MOOC network has notably contributed to education equity. Under several programs sponsored by the ministry, colleges and universities in less-developed western regions have tried to introduce open online courses in their curriculums and trained their faculty in integrating online and offline courses.

慕课网络为教育公正作出了巨大的奉献。在教育部安排的几项方案中，多所西部欠发达区域的高校企图在其课程中引进在线敞开课程，并就整合线上线下课程对教职员工进行训练。

As of now, they have introduced more than 8,000 courses online or online-offline and 52,000 teachers have received the training. The ministry also plans to launch a bilingual gateway website of China MOOC by the end of this year to connect about 20 Chinese MOOC websites.

到现在，西部高校引进线上教育或线上线下课程8000余门，承受训练教师达5.2万人次。教育部还方案于本年年底前推出我国慕课双语门户网站，以衔接国内约20个慕课网站。