Supporters of home education claim that it's less expensive and far more efficient than mass public education.

家庭教育的支持者声称，相比于大规模的公共教育，家庭教育的成本更低，并且更加高效。

It offers mass education and education for a lifetime.

它提供大众教育和终身教育。

That is, the Internet technology makes mass education possible.

也就是说，互联网技术使大众教育成为可能。

A billion brains seem a more economically potent force in an era of mass education, in contrast to the mass illiteracy that prevailed in the past.

和过去大批文盲盛行的时代相比，在大众教育时代，十亿人在经济上的力量似乎更加强大。

Well, the whole world has moved away from elite education in universities to meet the needs of mass education, and entering universities is no longer a privilege for the few.

好吧，为了满足大众教育的需要，全世界都从大学的精英教育中走出来了，进入大学不再是少数人的特权。