在線教育網站Coursera與網易公開課合作
Coursera, a leading massive open online course (MOOC) platform,today announced a partnership with NetEase, one of the largest Chinese internet companies and a major distributor of open online education content, to extend Coursera's offerings to NetEase's wide-reaching audience in China.
行業領先的大型公開在線課程平臺Coursera 今天宣佈與網易公司合作。網易公司是中國最大的互聯網企業之一，也是中國境內網上公開教育內容的主要發放商，雙方合作旨在利用網易公司在中國廣闊的用戶羣，擴大Coursera公司的用戶服務圈。
This partnership commences with the launch of Coursera Zone, a Chinese-language web portal, as well as a video hosting agreement that makes Coursera's video lectures much more accessible to users in China. This announcement signifies Coursera's latest initiative to improve global access to education, particularly in non-English speaking countries.
“Coursera官方中文學習社區”的啓動和兩家公司“視頻託管協議”的生效標誌着雙方合作的開始。這項“視頻託管協議”將爲中國用戶使用Coursera的視頻課程提供便利。這項協議標誌着Coursera公司在推廣全球教育資源方面，特別是在非英語國家的最新進展。
Coursera Zone will significantly benefit Chinese students by providing a range of Chinese-language resources and services that help students in China navigate the Coursera platform.
Coursera學習社區爲中國學生提供了一系列中文授課的課程資源和學習服務，幫助其駕馭學習平臺，從而使中國學生大受其益。
"Ensuring the accessibility of quality educational content, regardless of a person's location or native language, is at the core of our mission," said Coursera Co-Founder and Co-CEO Andrew Ng. "With its wide-reaching technology platform and Chinese market expertise, NetEase will be an invaluable partner for us as we work to launch initiatives like Coursera Zone that open up Coursera to the millions of people living in China."
“保證學生能接觸到優質教育資源，無論其身在何方，說何種語言，這是我們的核心任務。”Coursera聯合創始人及聯合首席執行官吳恩達說，“網易公司具有覆蓋面極廣的技術平臺，又有資深的中國市場經營經驗，它將是我公司難能可貴的合作伙伴，我們將共同致力於推進目標，例如發起Coursera學習社區——使Coursera對中國境內數百萬的用戶敞開大門。”
"As a leading internet company, NetEase has been known for its openness and commitment to exploring the field of online education," said NetEase Founder and CEO Ding Lei. "By working with Coursera, we hope to enhance the learning experience for Chinese-speaking students, and to introduce even more top online courses to Chinese users."
“作爲領先的互聯網公司，網易公司以其開放性和開拓在線教育市場的決心而聞名。”網易公司創始人和首席執行官丁磊說。“通過與Coursera公司的合作，我們希望能爲中國學生提供更多的學習經驗，並且向中國用戶介紹更多的高端在線課程。”
In addition to launching Coursera Zone with NetEase, Coursera is working with several other partners, in China and interNationally, to reach the hundreds of millions of potential Chinese users who can benefit from access to Coursera's platform. University partners such as Peking University and National Taiwan University are expanding Coursera's Chinese-language course offerings. Additionally, Coursera has recently partnered with Chinese social networking site Guokr and volunteer translator community Yeeyan to begin translating Coursera courses into Chinese.
除了和網易公司聯手發起Coursera學習社區之外，Coursera還在與中國及其他國家的另外幾家公司合作，共同致力於接觸到數以百萬的潛在中國用戶，這些用戶都將從Coursera的學習平臺上受益。Coursera的教育機構合作伙伴，例如北京大學，國立臺灣大學等都在擴大Coursera平臺上的中文課程供給量。不僅如此，Coursera最近還與中國社交網絡果殼網、翻譯社區譯言網建立了合作關係，以便將Coursera提供的學習資源翻譯爲中文。
Coursera Zone is featured on NetEase's educational portal , which also hosts translated content from other organizations such as TED and Khan Academy.
在網易的在線教育頁面——網易公開課上已經隆重推出了Coursera學習社區，該界面上還登載有從美國私有非營利機構TED和可汗學院翻譯成中文的學習內容。
