双语新闻：中国约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，截至今年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.

目前慕课数量约1.5万门，我国已建成涵盖多个学科、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.

慕课网络为教育公平作出了巨大的贡献。在教育部组织的几项计划中，多所西部欠发达地区的高校试图在其课程中引入在线开放课程，并就整合线上线下课程对教职员工进行培训。

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.

截至目前，西部高校引入线上教学或线上线下课程8000余门，接受培训教师达5.2万人次。教育部还计划于今年年底前推出中国慕课双语门户网站，以连接国内约20个慕课网站。