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We didn't need to reinvent the wheel. We just looked at what wasn't working and used the amazing power of the Internet to get around it.
我们不需要重新发明轮子。我们只是看到那些有问题的地方，并使用互联网的神奇力量来绕开问题。
We set out to build a model that will cut down almost entirely the cost of higher education.
我们着手建立一种模式，它将削减掉高等教育的绝大部分成本。
And that's how we did it. First, bricks and mortar cost money.
我们是这样做到的。首先，大楼需要花钱。
Universities have expenses that virtual universities don't. We don't need to pass these expenses on to our students.
大学有很多的开销是虚拟大学所没有的，我们不需要将这些开销转移到我们的学生头上。
They don't exist. We also don't need to worry about capacity.
这些开销不存在。我们也不需要担心可容纳的人数。
There are no limits of seats in virtual university. Actually, nobody needs to stand at the back of the lecture hall.
在虚拟大学里没有座位数的限制。事实上，没人需要站在讲堂的后面。
Textbooks are also something our students don't need to buy.
我们的学生也不需要购买课本。
By using open educational resources and the generosity of professors who are putting their material up free and accessible,
使用开放的教学资源以及教授们的慷慨馈赠，很多教授把他们的教学材料免费公开，
we don't need to send our students to buy textbooks. All of our materials come free.
我们不需要让我们的学生去购买课本，我们所有的材料都是免费的。
Even professors, the most expensive line in any university balance sheet, come free to our students.
甚至是教授，任何大学的收支表上最昂贵的一项，也对我们的学生免费。
Over 3,000 of them, including presidents, vice chancellors, professors and academic advisers from top universities
我们有超过3000位教师，包括校长、副校长、教授和学术导师，他们来自顶尖的大学，
such as NYU, Yale, Berkeley and Oxford, came on board to help our students. Finally, is our belief in peer-to-peer learning.
比如纽约大学、耶鲁大学、加州大学伯克利分校、牛津大学，来帮助我们的学生。最后，是我们对于同伴学习的信念。
We use this sound pedagogical model to encourage our students from all over the world to interact and study together,
我们使用这个可靠的教学模式来鼓励我们来自世界各地的学生一起互动并共同学习，
and also to reduce the time our professors need to labor over class assignments.
这同时也缩短了教授们需要花在课堂作业上的时间。
