A MOOC is a massive open online course that is designed for large numbers of geographically dispersed students to participate for free. The term was coined in 2008 for an online course with both tuition-paying and non-paying students. In 2011, MIT OpenCourseWare became one of the first large collections of MOOC resources. MOOCs can provide education, certification and employment opportunities at low or no cost but may not offer academic credit or support self-learning. There are different types of MOOCs including transfer, made, synchronous, asynchronous and adaptive MOOCs.