The MOOC market has exploded. Not only are there a proliferation of courses, there are now a proliferation of MOOC platform providers and tools.

　　MOOC 大規模在線開放課程市場如今已是炙手可熱，不僅在線課程的數量激增，在線教育平臺供應商和在線教育技術工具的數量也在激增。

　　This month Coursera landed another $20M in funding, bringing their total investment to $63M (even more than edXs original $60M funding by MIT and Harvard). Why all the investment? Because this market opportunity is massive and building these online courses is expensive.

　　7月份Coursera公司融到了2000萬美元的資金，公司總投資額達到6300萬美元（比edX公司從麻省理工大學和哈佛大學獲得的6000萬美元首輪融資還多）。為什么Coursera能獲得這么多的融資？因為這一市場機會巨大，而且創建在線課程的費用是很高的。

　　There are more than 2 billion potential learners around the world today, and more than 70% of these are unable to afford a college degree. And today a college degree is more important than ever: McKinsey believes college-educated workers will have a three-fold advantage in salaries and opportunities by 2023.

　　當今全球有超過20億潛在的網絡學習用戶，其中超過70%的人無法支付大學學費。而現在大學文憑又具有空前的重要性：美國麥肯錫咨詢公司認為，到2023年，具有大學文憑的職員在薪酬和升職機會等方面會比不具有大學文憑的職員多出三倍的優勢。

　　Adding to this hot market for college, there are hundreds of millions of post-secondary students and professionals who will flock to branded degree courses in a huge way. As the MOOC certification market matures these individuals will find online education more and more valuable every quarter.

　　對大學文憑的需求形成了一個充滿活力的市場，不僅如此，還會有千百萬的大專學生和教授前來購買名牌大學的高級課程和高級學位。隨著大規模在線開放課程學位獲得機制的不斷成熟，這些學員會越來越意識到在線教育的價值。

　　While many people have commented on the low completion rates for MOOCs and even Sebastian Thrun of Udacity is unhappy with his coursess impact, this space is poised to grow very rapidly. Even Google has put their engineering team onto the edX platform.

　　許多人認為大規模在線開放課程的完成率很低，就連在Udacity公司供職的巴斯蒂安特龍都抱怨自己學習的網絡課程對自己造成了不好的影響。盡管如此，在線教育仍然在迅速壯大，不斷開拓自身空間。就連谷歌公司都開始要求自己門下的工程師學習edX平臺上的課程。

　　And new MOOCs are popping up. San Francisco-based NovoEd is now offering courses directly from Stanford Business School. Berlin-based iversity is offering a wide range of courses from European educational institutions.

　　新的在線學習平臺還在不斷涌現。位于舊金山的NovoEd公司向學員們直接提供斯坦福商學院的課程。位于柏林的iversity公司向學員們提供來自數家歐洲教育機構的一系列課程。

　　While this is still a young market, the demand is there and we expect it to grow exponentially in the coming years.

　　雖然這一市場還很年輕，但需求已經十分可觀。我們期待在未來數年里這一市場還會成倍的增長壯大。

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　　The MOOC market has exploded. Not only are there a proliferation of courses, there are now a proliferation of MOOC platform providers and tools.

　　MOOC 大規模在線開放課程市場如今已是炙手可熱，不僅在線課程的數量激增，在線教育平臺供應商和在線教育技術工具的數量也在激增。

　　This month Coursera landed another $20M in funding, bringing their total investment to $63M (even more than edXs original $60M funding by MIT and Harvard). Why all the investment? Because this market opportunity is massive and building these online courses is expensive.

　　7月份Coursera公司融到了2000萬美元的資金，公司總投資額達到6300萬美元（比edX公司從麻省理工大學和哈佛大學獲得的6000萬美元首輪融資還多）。為什么Coursera能獲得這么多的融資？因為這一市場機會巨大，而且創建在線課程的費用是很高的。

　　There are more than 2 billion potential learners around the world today, and more than 70% of these are unable to afford a college degree. And today a college degree is more important than ever: McKinsey believes college-educated workers will have a three-fold advantage in salaries and opportunities by 2023.

　　當今全球有超過20億潛在的網絡學習用戶，其中超過70%的人無法支付大學學費。而現在大學文憑又具有空前的重要性：美國麥肯錫咨詢公司認為，到2023年，具有大學文憑的職員在薪酬和升職機會等方面會比不具有大學文憑的職員多出三倍的優勢。

　　Adding to this hot market for college, there are hundreds of millions of post-secondary students and professionals who will flock to branded degree courses in a huge way. As the MOOC certification market matures these individuals will find online education more and more valuable every quarter.

　　對大學文憑的需求形成了一個充滿活力的市場，不僅如此，還會有千百萬的大專學生和教授前來購買名牌大學的高級課程和高級學位。隨著大規模在線開放課程學位獲得機制的不斷成熟，這些學員會越來越意識到在線教育的價值。

　　While many people have commented on the low completion rates for MOOCs and even Sebastian Thrun of Udacity is unhappy with his coursess impact, this space is poised to grow very rapidly. Even Google has put their engineering team onto the edX platform.

　　許多人認為大規模在線開放課程的完成率很低，就連在Udacity公司供職的巴斯蒂安特龍都抱怨自己學習的網絡課程對自己造成了不好的影響。盡管如此，在線教育仍然在迅速壯大，不斷開拓自身空間。就連谷歌公司都開始要求自己門下的工程師學習edX平臺上的課程。

　　And new MOOCs are popping up. San Francisco-based NovoEd is now offering courses directly from Stanford Business School. Berlin-based iversity is offering a wide range of courses from European educational institutions.

　　新的在線學習平臺還在不斷涌現。位于舊金山的NovoEd公司向學員們直接提供斯坦福商學院的課程。位于柏林的iversity公司向學員們提供來自數家歐洲教育機構的一系列課程。

　　While this is still a young market, the demand is there and we expect it to grow exponentially in the coming years.

　　雖然這一市場還很年輕，但需求已經十分可觀。我們期待在未來數年里這一市場還會成倍的增長壯大。

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