中國線上教育蓬勃發展 衆多高校紛紛開課

Watching a video of TED talk or an open class on the Internet, or registering for an online course to learn a new language or hobby, are trending. You'll be seen as behind the times if your experience of the above is zero.

在互聯網上看一場TED演講視頻或者一場公開課，或者註冊線上課程學習一門新語言或者一個興趣愛好，正在成爲一種趨勢。如果你從未經歷過上面這些，那麼你就會被認爲落伍了。

Online education is growing. More than 1,000 online education start-ups have been established since 2014 in China，according to .

線上教育正在蓬勃發展。據投資界官網數據顯示，自2014年以來，中國已經成立了超過1000多個線上教育企業。

It is one of the most popular fields where entrepreneurs and venture capitalists flock together on account of the absence of geographic restrictions, a high degree of standardization, and economies of scale from reuse of content.

由於線上教育不受地域限制，高程度標準化和內容再利用的規模經濟，這是企業家和風險投資聚集度最高的領域之一。

MOOC, or Massive Online Open Courses, is one of the platforms where people can register for free and have access to all online courses provided by universities worldwide.

慕課，即大規模開放的在線課程，是人們可以免費註冊的平臺之一。通過它，人們可以試聽全球大學提供的所有線上課程。

According to its official website, MOOC courses have assessment and examination just like a regular offline courses do. People signing up can participate in video illustration, discussion, submitting assignments, asking questions and a final exam.

據MOOC官網表示，MOOC擁有常規線下課程的評估和測試系統。註冊的人可以參與視頻演示，討論，提交作業，詢問問題以及參與期末考試。

Once a course completed, users can receive an electronic certificate or pay for a paper copy, which are now acknowledged by many employers.

一旦課程完成，使用者可以收到一個電子證書，或者付錢獲得紙質副本，這些都得到很多僱主的認可。

The Ministry of Education said MOOC "has enlarged the time and space of teaching, fired learners' interest, helped more people benefit from high-quality educational resources and accelerated reform in many aspects of teaching".

教育部表示，MOOC擴大了教學的時間和空間，激發了學習者的興趣，幫助更多的人從高質量的教育資源中獲益，加速教學領域的改革。

MOOC has gained popularity in China since 2013 and some universities, including Tsinghua University and Peking University have established their own MOOC platforms.

自2013年起，大型開放式網絡課程就在國內很流行，包括清華北大在內的一些學校已經建立了自己的開放式網絡課程平臺。

The estimated market size of global online education in 2015 has reached about $47.9 billion and will be increased by $2.5 billion until the year 2020, according to a report released by research firm Ambient Insight.

據研究機構Ambient Insight發佈的報告顯示，2015年，全球線上教育市場份額預估達到了479億美元，截止2020年，這一數據將有望增加25億美元。