慕课，就是英文的MOOC，意思是大规模的开放在线课程。
六年前，中国慕课刚刚开始，今年，中国教育部已经推出了第二批801门国家级精品慕课了。
从无到有，从小到大，从弱到强，目前，中国已经有一万两千五百门慕课上线，有超过两亿人次的学习者。
这些都是传统的课堂无法想象的庞大数字。
这种利用互联网推动教育的模式是很有意义的，也为教育的公平做了很大贡献，这让那些在偏远地区的人也能接受良好的教育。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 慕课 | mù kè | MOOC (massive open online course) (loanword) |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 英文 | Yīng wén | English (language) |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 意思 | yì si | idea / opinion / meaning |
| 大规模 | dà guī mó | large scale / extensive / wide scale / broad scale |
| 开放 | kāi fàng | to bloom / to open / to be open (to the public) / to open up (to the outside) / to be open-minded |
| 在线 | zài xiàn | online; connected to the Internet / (fig.) (coll.) (of a person) mentally focused; engaged; (of skills, performance etc) sharp; on point; functioning at a high level |
| 课程 | kè chéng | course; academic program |
| 六 | liù | six / 6 |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 前 | qián | ago / before / BC / former / formerly |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 刚刚 | gāng gāng | just recently / just a moment ago |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 今年 | jīn nián | this year |
| 教育 | jiào yù | education |
| 部 | bù | ministry / department / section / part / division / troops / board |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 推出 | tuī chū | to release / to launch / to publish / to recommend |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 第 | dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number) |
| 二 | èr | two / 2 |
| 批 | pī | classifier for batches, lots, military flights |
| 门 | mén | classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology |
| 国家 | guó jiā | country; nation; state |
| 级 | jí | level / grade / rank |
| 精品 | jīng pǐn | quality goods / premium product / fine work (of art) |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 无 | wú | no / none |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 小 | xiǎo | young |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 弱 | ruò | weak; feeble / young / inferior; not as good as |
| 强 | qiáng | strong / powerful / better / vigorous / violent / best in their category |
| 目前 | mù qián | at the present time / currently |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 万 | wàn | ten thousand / a great number |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 千 | qiān | thousand |
| 五 | wǔ | five / 5 |
| 百 | bǎi | hundred |
| 上线 | shàng xiàn | to go online; to put sth online / to reach a specific standard / to put into production |
| 超过 | chāo guò | to surpass / to exceed / to outstrip |
| 亿 | yì | 100 million |
| 人次 | rén cì | classifier for number of people participating |
| 学习者 | xué xí zhě | learner; person who studies or is learning |
| 这些 | zhè xiē | these |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 传统 | chuán tǒng | traditional / conventional |
| 课堂 | kè táng | classroom (CL:間|间[jian1]); class session |
| 无法 | wú fǎ | unable to; incapable of |
| 想象 | xiǎng xiàng | to imagine; to envision |
| 庞大 | páng dà | huge; enormous; tremendous |
| 数字 | shù zì | numeral / digit / number / figure / amount |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 种 | zhǒng | classifier for types, kinds, sorts |
| 利用 | lì yòng | to exploit / to make use of / to use / to take advantage of / to utilize |
| 互联网 | Hù lián wǎng | Internet |
| 推动 | tuī dòng | to push; to promote; to give impetus to |
| 模式 | mó shì | mode; pattern; model |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 有意义 | yǒu yì yì | meaningful / significant / worthwhile / important / interesting |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 为 | wèi | because of / for / to |
| 公平 | gōng píng | fair / impartial |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 贡献 | gòng xiàn | contribution |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 那些 | nà xiē | those |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 偏远 | piān yuǎn | remote / far from civilization |
| 地区 | dì qū | region; area (informal or geographical term) |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 接受 | jiē shòu | to accept; to acquiesce |
| 良好 | liáng hǎo | good / favorable / well / fine |