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MOOC has proved to be game changer for educational practices. Study Webs of Active – Learning for Young Aspiring Minds (SWAYAM) is an Indian MOOC initiative and is fast catching up in the MOOC world. SWAYAM is designed to achieve the three cardinal principles of Education Policy viz., access, equity and quality. The SWAYAM course delivery follows 4 quadrant approach. SWAYAM aims to make anytime anywhere learning and uses pedagogical approach of ODL and Online learning. The Course Coordinators (CCs) have to develop MOOCs as per SWAYAM guidelines. A Questionnaire was designed on Google forms which were used to collect the data. The data received was analyzed and it was observed that most of the CCs were satisfied with the learning platform of SWAYAM. CCs did not find all features useful and thus, did not use features they were not comfortable with, like the features of insight; assessment was not being used effectively by CCs. Many suggestions were given by CCs like making learner complete profile mandatory, a short training for the CCs, options of Virtual classes, etc.  \nKEYWORDS: SWAYAM, MOOCs, Course Coordinators, Quadrant, Technology-enhanced learning (TEL)  \n1. INTRODUCTION:  \nMOOCs or Massive Open Online Courses have become the buzzword and anyone who has not done or heard of it, is considered not updated in the field. MOOCs, as the name suggests facilitate thousands of students to enroll in courses taught by some of the most talented professors and researchers in the world. MOOCs turn higher education into a public good on a global scale and is the most prominent trend in higher education today Choudhary & Borbora (2017), Baskaran,(2018), Sharma (2018a, 2018b) .  \nIn fact, Pappano (2012) called 2012 tobe the year of the MOOC. MOOCs have been called as disruptive technology in  \n2012 and are the game changers in the field of education. MOOCs provide the invaluable opportunity to connect with global learners without conventional constraints such as time, money, and geography (Baskaran, 2018) . “Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have drastically changed the way we learn as well as how we teach. The main aim of MOOCs is to provide new opportunities toa massive number of learners to attend free online courses from anywhere all over the world. MOOCs have unique features that make it an effective technology-enhanced learning (TEL) model in higher education and beyond”(Yousef, [et.al](et.al)., 2014).  \nThis work of the Asian Journal of Distance Education is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.  \nASIAN JOURNAL of DISTANCE EDUCATION  \nCoursera, edX, Udacity are some of the pioneers in theMOOCs. Study Webs of Active–Learning for Young Aspiring Minds (SWAYAM) is an Indian MOOC initiative and is fast catching up in the MOOC world. Realizing the importance MOOCs, the Government of India launched SWAYAM (MOOCs) and SWAYAM Prabha (DTH channel) as the online initiatives to reach all (Kanjilal & Kaul, 2016) . SWAYAM is designed to achieve the three cardinal principles of Education Policy viz., access, equity and quality (Malik, 2015) .  \nIndian Government has roped in and is encouraging talented and committed teachers with expertise in their field of study, to co","cbCaigsXUnvUCtem","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigsXUnvUCtem","pdf",861884,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n## MOOCs and their impact on education\n## SWAYAM’s objectives and design principles\n## Course delivery in four quadrants\n## Roles of course providers and learning paths\n# Findings and coordinator feedback","[{\"question\":\"What is SWAYAM and what goals does it pursue?\",\"answer\":\"SWAYAM is an Indian MOOC initiative designed to achieve education policy principles of access, equity, and quality. 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