Adapting massive open online courses for medical education

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have seen phenomenal rise in the last few years as a medium of delivering quality course content to learners at their doorstep.[1,2] Typically, a MOOC comprises of a set of educational material hosted on an internet site, accessible to the learners through their devices.[3] The popularity of MOOCs have stemmed from them being online and open, the features which allow students from all across the world to enrol freely. A large number of these courses are provided without any cost, and a student can choose and pick as many courses as he/she wants. Due to their convenience and appeal, some of these courses have attracted thousands of students and hence have been acknowledged as massive.[4]