While there is no widely accepted definition of MOOCs, their key features are open access：they are currently free to participants, no entry qualifications are required, they support an unlimited number of participants and as yet, very few include any form of accreditation (認(rèn)證).
Currently offered by some famous universities, MOOCs are attractive to people who do not have the financial resources to meet the growing costs of university education, or who do not have formal qualifications. They also allow participants to study at their own pace.
The potential for MOOCs to deliver education is obviously vast—they could be considered as a huge step forwards in widening participation. They also have the potential to provide a unique window on universities that offer popular and valuable courses, they may attract some participants to register for formal fee-paying programmes at the same or other universities and are likely to promote new ways of on-line education.
However, it is still very early days for MOOCs. The quality of the education provision is highly variable, with many courses offering only recordings of lectures, and delivery is particularly difficult in some special fields that require practical classes, research projects or extensive library access. Besides, wider engagement with participants requires very considerable resource. Even limited feedback or examination becomes a major task if there are several thousand students in the class.
Considering the challenges, some people argue MOOCs will soon evaporate (蒸發(fā)). But they certainly provide good opportunity for widening higher education, are a means of raising awareness of universities to audiences of tens or hundreds of thousands, and are well worthy of serious consideration. (271 words)

小題1:MOOCs
小題2:no requirement
小題3:cannot afford
小題4:no formal qualification
小題5:Potentials
小題6:providing
小題7:Challenges
小題8:evaporating
小題9:particularly difficult delivery
小題10:considering

小題1:根據(jù)文章第一段MOOCs的特征可知。
小題2:根據(jù)文章第一段：No entry qualification are required可知，不需要資格論證。關(guān)鍵詞require，而題中要填入的形式是名詞形式，故用no requirement。
小題3:根據(jù)第二段：MOOCs Are attractive to people who do not have the financial resources to meet the growing costs of university education,or who do not have formal qualifications.這一句中前面部分who do not have the financial resources 可知。沒有滿足大學(xué)教育的成本增長(zhǎng)的財(cái)政資源的人也可以上大學(xué)。
小題4:根據(jù)第二段：MOOCs Are attractive to people who do not have the financial resources to meet the growing costs of university education,or who do not have formal qualifications.這一句后半部分，who do not have formal qualifications可直接得出答案。
小題5:根據(jù)第三段：The potential for MOOCs to ····和其后它的作用可知。
小題6:根據(jù)文章第三段：They also have the potential to provide a unique window on ····可直接得出答案。
小題7:根據(jù)最后一段第一句：considering the challenges,可知，上面一段在說這MOOCs所面臨的挑戰(zhàn)。
小題8:and delivery is particularly difficult in some special fields that....可知。
小題9:根據(jù)文章最后一段第一句：considering the challenges, some people argue MOOCs will soon evaporate可知。關(guān)鍵詞evaporate。
小題10:根據(jù)文章最后一句：and are well worthy of serious consideration.可知，關(guān)鍵詞：consideration.
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