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Indian Universities promoting Massive Open Online courses What keeps people from acquiring the skills and qualifications that they have passion for? And what keeps them from upgrading skills that make their work life easier, better and more lucrative? The most common reasons are lack of time and funds. Massive Open Online courses (MOOC) offer solutions to the above problems. MOOC is an online course with distinctive features to attract massive admissions such as Free and open registration Curriculum shared in public domain Entire course accessible online Online assessment and certification The flexibility offered by MOOCs encourages people to join. MOOCs come with social networking integrated promoting peer sharing and learning. MOOCs are facilitated by faculty with rich experience in the specific field of study. Success and quality of MOOCs build on the connect learners establish with the course. Online space is flooded with people offering MOOCs in every possible field of study you can think of. However the learners are still apprehensive, demand is only for those courses being offered by popular institutes or universities. Top ranked universities across the globe are offering MOOCs with high quality content and interactive learning modules, discussion forums and many more technology aided features. Govt of India is promoting MOOCs in an aggressive manner. Apart from facilitating foreign universities

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Indian Universities promoting Massive Open Online coursesWhat keeps people from acquiring the skills and qualifications that they have passion for? And what keeps them from upgrading skills that make their work life easier, better and more lucrative? The most common reasons are lack of time and funds. Massive Open Online courses (MOOC) offer solutions to the above problems. MOOC is an online course with distinctive features to attract massive admissions such as Free and open registration Curriculum shared in public domain Entire course accessible online Online assessment and certificationThe flexibility offered by MOOCs encourages people to join. MOOCs come with social networking integrated promoting peer sharing and learning. MOOCs are facilitated by faculty with rich experience in the specific field of study. Success and quality of MOOCs build on the connect learners establish with the course. Online space is flooded with people offering MOOCs in every possible field of study you can think of. However the learners are still apprehensive, demand is only for those courses being offered by popular institutes or universities. Top ranked universities across the globe are offering MOOCs with high quality content and interactive learning modules, discussion forums and many more technology aided features. Govt of India is promoting MOOCs in an aggressive manner. Apart from facilitating foreign universities to offer their MOOCs, Govt is also encouraging Indian universities and academic institutions to start offering MOOCs in various fields. All these courses are offered on learning management system. There are many learning management systems in the market, however this is a solution best offered by those with extensive experience in the domain of Education. The highly intuitive M-StarTM Learning Support Platform by MGRM Net Limited supports the entire learning spectrum. This cloud-based product is robust and customizable with an easy-to-use dashboard interface, tracking student progress and performance, as well as instructor interactions and class performance. To learn more visit us @ www.mgrmnet.com