<human>:  Why are they called MOOCs?
<bot>: The name comes from the acronym MOOC, which stands for Massive Open Online Course. The term MOOC was coined by a company called Coursera in 2012, and was a play on the word “massive” and “online.” The first MOOC was offered by Stanford University, and it was called Introduction to Artificial Intelligence. It was a free online course that was offered to anyone who wanted to enroll. Since then, thousands of MOOCs have been offered online, and the number of courses offered has increased rapidly.