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ABSTRACT: The quality of education in India is a challenge to the nation. With the development of information and communication technology (ICT), knowledge acquisition process is not just limited to the four walls of traditional classroom. To bring the best quality learning resources across the country, Government of India has bring a modern educational method called as �Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)� to attract extensive attention by educational circles. The MOOC is the modern quality education tool to educate the large number of people at minimum cost and efforts. MHRD is making good efforts to develop online national portal for quality education called SWAYAM. With a view to providing access government started the project of �Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds� (SWAYAM). SWAYAM offers online courses to any learner of the nation at free/minimum cost with the help of ICT based on edX platform. The quality of SWAYAM is based on the quality of the course content, content creators and the learners. It will help the nation in skill development program thorough which the employment and skilled manpower is created. The success of SWAYAM is depends on the learners, government, national agencies like UGC, NPTEL, IGNOU, CBSE, NCERT & NIOS and the educational institutions in the country. The objective of the paper will be to focus on the rise of MOOCs and SWAYAM beneficial for mass in India.