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Contents i
ii
Foreword 1
11
Preface 23
49
01 e-LEARNING IN MALAYSIA 57

02 MALAYSIA MOOCs 71

03 MOOCs IN MALAYSIAN PUBLIC
HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
(HEIS)

04 RECOGNITION / IMPACT

05 MALAYSIAN e-LEARNING HEADS
COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES
(MEIPTA)

06 THE WAY FORWARD

Among the developing countries, Malaysia is known as the fastest growing
country in recognising the potential of internet in enhancing the quality of
educational delivery. Consequently, The National e-Learning Policy (Dasar
e-Pembelajaran Negara – DePAN) was launched to guide the e-learning
deployment among the Malaysia Public Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) is a real game-changer as students
from all over the world can easily access the higher education. The ministry
has invested on the initiative and Malaysia MOOCs was finally launched
with four (4) pioneer courses from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM),
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) and
Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM).

Since the launch, Malaysia MOOC has benefited over 490,000 both local
and international students. This is definitely a huge success of the initiative.
Hence, this book is published to tell the reader the journey of Malaysia
MOOCs so far.

Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the panel of
experts and the Higher Education Department for their effort and hard work
in the publication of the Malaysia MOOCs: The Journey book.

Datin Paduka Ir. Dr. Siti Hamisah Tapsir
Director-General of Higher Education Department
Ministry of Education

i

Praise be to the Almighty for making it possible for us and the panel of experts to
produce the Malaysia MOOC: The Journey book. We are especially grateful to the
Higher Education Department for aiding the initiative to publish a book on the journey
of Malaysia MOOC in the Malaysia Public Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).

Malaysia MOOC was made available to the students from all over the world since 2014.
However, the effort towards the initiative was way back then and involved
organizations and professionals which include Malaysian e-Learning Heads Council for
Public Universities (Majlis Ketua e-Pembelajaran Institusi Pengajian Tinggi Awam
Malaysia - MEIPTA).

As the Project Leaders, we are indebted to the panel of experts for their time and help
rendered. We will ensure their working weekends and meetings will not go to waste.

The publication of the book would not have been possible without the dedication and
passion of the team of so many professors, academicians, administrative staffs and
others. Thank you all for making this initiative possible with enriching experience and
providing lots of learning opportunities to many of us.

Chief Editor Co Chief Editor
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alyani Ismail Ts Dr. Adzhar Kamaludin
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP)

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“MOOCs transform the delivery of higher education and
trainings. Millions across the globe can now access to quality

higher education and trainings offered by prestigous
institutions and gained certifications without any temporal

and spatial constraints and at almost zero cost”

- Hanafi Atan, USM

1

WHAT DASAR
WHY e-PEMBELAJARAN
WHERE & WHEN NEGARA
WHO
HOW Institusi Pengajian Tinggi

2 Chapter 1: e-Learning in Malaysia e-Learning is a learning system based on
formalized teaching but with the help of

electronic resources.

Help learners complete education objectives
with greater ease and flexibility than they can

with traditional classroom-based learning

Anywhere, Anytime, Anyone

Students, Teachers, Lecturers, Organization

Through e-Learning Platform, e-Learning Tools,
Social Media

There are a huge number of e-learning terms and phrases, as it is ever-
evolving area in education. With so many new buzzwords and acronyms
flying around in digital education, e-learning will soon need its own
dictionary. Here is an introduction to many of the most commonly
discussed terms to keep close by as a handy reference to begin the
journey to get to know Malaysia MOOCs.

Open Educational Resources (OER) are any type of teaching and learning
materials made available to public to use, reuse, remix or repurpose.

Open Course Ware (OCW) is a free web based publication of teaching
and learning materials created by colleges or universities. The materials
were compiled in a course.

Massive Open Online Course (MOOCs) is an online course delivered to
unlimited large numbers of users at any one time. MOOCs can be applied
for both corporate training and the delivery of educational content. In
addition to the delivery of content, MOOCs often facilitate collaborative
discussion and interactions between both students and teachers, or
instructors and learners.

Face-to-face Learning (F2F) is a traditional classroom learning where both
teaching and learning happens at the same time and place.

Online Learning is where the mode of delivery (teaching) of the lessons
were done with the help of internet and electronic devices independent
of location.

Blended Learning (BL) is a pedagogical method which combines both
Face-to-face Learning and Online Learning at a certain ratio, commonly
30%-79% content delivered online as defined by Sloan Consortium

OER OER Online Environment

Course A Course A = MOOCs

+

OER OCW Massive scale,

Course A Course A Collaborative
Interaction

Face-to-face + Online Learning = BLENDED
Learning (F2F) LEARNING

Chapter 1: e-Learning in Malaysia 3

was established Launch of Soft launch on Sept
2014 with 4 pioneer
1st DePAN MOOCs by the
Meeting Ministry of Higher
12th Nov 2007 ~ 2011-2015 Education Malaysia

Launch of Launch of UPM
books PutraMOOCs &
OCW by UM & UTM
‘Amalan, Keberkesanan dan Cabaran
Pelaksanaan e-Pembelejaran di IPTA Public
University
Malaysia’ Major Trial Run
and ‘e-Pembelajaran IPTA’
~ 3 Platforms

2009 2013

2007 2011 2014

UPM in collaboration MOOCs
with MOHE & MEIPTA
became
has organized
National Agenda
Technology and Innovation in
Teaching & Learning Seminar drive MOOCs in Malaysia

28th – 29th April 2009 01 Identify platform
02 Strategize pioneer
‘Amalan, Keberkesanan dan Cabaran
Pelaksanaan e-Pembelejaran di IPTA courses for pilot run

Malaysia’ Establishment of MOOCs
technical committee
research paper was approved by MOHE

with RM 100,000 seed funding

4 Chapter 1: e-Learning in Malaysia

Credit Transfer of
MOOCs (CTM)
started at
UTeM and UTM

Launch of

Malaysia MOOCs
Quality Practices

Malaysian Qualificationss 490K 789 2020-
Agency (MQA) launch 2025
Credit-Transfer STUDENTS COURSES
MOOCs (CTM)
Guidelines 2017

- Sept 2016

2015

2016 Launch of 2018

Each public Launch of Each public
universities to launch Guidelines for the universities offers at
3 MOOCs annually Development and
from 2015-2020 Delivery of Malaysia least 30 MOOCs
MOOCs accredited
Launch of
Malaysia MOOCs Development Establish CTM in Higher
~ logo & branding Education Instutions (HEIs)
designed by UTM Quality Practices
– max 30 for academic
Launch of Malaysia Education curriculum
Blueprint 2015-2025 (Higher
Education) [MEB (HE)] Collaboration of Malaysia
MOOC with international
April 2015 institutions & industries

Revision of DePAN to Chapter 1: e-Learning in Malaysia 5
DePAN 2.0

DePAN 2.0

6 Domains:
• Infrastructure & Infostructure
• Governance
• Online Pedagogy
• e-Content
• Professional Development

• Culture

PHASE 1 PHASE 2 PHASE 3

2011 2012 2013-2014 2015 2016-2020 2021-2025

INITIAL PHASE IMPLEMENTATION MATURE PHASE
PHASE

DePAN 1.0 (2011 – 2015)

5 Pillars:
• Infrastructure
• Structural Organization
• Curriculum & e-Content
• Professional Development
• Culture

6 Chapter 1: e-Learning in Malaysia

Each Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) has it’s own independent unit or department to govern its e-learning
activities. Usually those departments are responsible to improve the quality of teaching and learning among the

academicians and students through innovation and effective teaching approach.

Besides, the units are dedicated to explore new opportunities and initiatives related to latest technology and
innovation to support cultivation of LMS utilization and in Malaysia MOOC enhancement.

The initiatives carried out by each unit are implemented in accordance to Dasar e-Pembelajaran Negara
(DePAN) and Malaysia Education Blueprint 2015-2025 (Higher Education) highlighting Shift 9 in public universities.

Chapter 1: e-Learning in Malaysia 8

NO. UNIVERSITY NAME UNIT/DEPARTMENT WEBSITE URL

1 Universiti Malaya (UM) Academic Enhancement and https://adec.um.edu.my/
2 Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Leadership Development Centre http://cdae.usm.my/

(ADeC) http://www.ukm.my/ctlt

Centre for Development of
Academic Excellence & Student

Development (CDAE)

3 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Centre for Teaching and Learning
Technologies (CTLT)

4 Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Centre for Academic Development http://cade.upm.edu.my/
(CADe)

5 Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) UTM Academic Leadership http://utmlead.utm.my/
(UTMLead)

6 Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Centre for Teaching And Learning http://www.iium.edu.my/centre/ctl
Malaysia (UIAM) (CTL)

7 Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) University Teaching and Learning http://utlc.uum.edu.my/
Centre (UTLC)

8 Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) Centre for Applied Learning and http://www.calm.unimas.my/
Multimedia (CALM)

9 Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Center for e-Learning (CeL) http://www.ums.edu.my/pep/

10 Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) Centre for Academic Development http://ppa.upsi.edu.my

8 Chapter 1: e-Learning in Malaysia *As of Dec 2018

NO. UNIVERSITY NAME UNIT/DEPARTMENT WEBSITE URL
11 Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM)
12 Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Centre for Global Open Access http://goal-itqan.usim.edu.my/
Learning, Immersive Technology & http://ined.uitm.edu.my/

Network (GOAL-ITQAN)

Institute of Neo Education (iNED)

13 Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) Centre for Academic Planning, http://pppka.umt.edu.my/
Development & Quality (PPPKA)

14 Universiti Tun Hussein Onn (UTHM) Centre for Global Online Learning http://global.uthm.edu.my/
(GLOBAL)

15 Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka Centre for Instructional Resources & http://pstp.utem.edu.my/
(UTeM) Technology (CIRT) (PSTP)

16 Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) Centre for Instructional Resources & http://cirel.ump.edu.my
e-Learning (CIReL)

17 Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) Centre for Sustainable Leadership https://lestari.unimap.edu.my/
Academic Development (LESTARI)

18 Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) Academic Quality and e-Learning https://aqel.unisza.edu.my/
Centre (AQeL)

19 Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) Center for Teaching and Learning http://ppp.umk.edu.my
(PPP)

20 Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Centre for Academic Development http://www.upnm.edu.my/index.ph
Malaysia (UPNM)
(PPA) p?req=d37

*As of Dec 2018 Chapter 1: e-Learning in Malaysia 9

"LEARNING... ONLINE LEARNING...
GIVE THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES

TO BE THE BEST MANKIND IN THIS WORLD.”

– Adzhar Kamaludin, UMP

2

Malaysia MOOC is a collaboration between Malaysian Public Higher Education
Institutions (HEIs) coordinated by the Ministry of Education Malaysia with Malaysian
e-Learning Heads Council for Public Universities (MEIPTA) to offer courses in three
categories as follows:

• Common courses among the universities,

• Niche courses of each university

• Lifelong learning (skill-based) courses

Lead by :

Coordinated by :

12 Chapter 2: Malaysia MOOC

The Malaysia MOOC model was adapted from National MOOCs Implementation Framework as shown in the figure below. It focused on
mainly three types of input for students, namely infra and info, curriculum and content. Additionally, there are four types of input for
lecturers, namely pedagogy, professional development, governance and enculturation for lecturers. Meanwhile, only enhancement of
teaching and learning was chosen for the output.

Input Variables
Infrastructure and infostructure refers to the information and communication technologies (ICT) such as computers and the Internet, as
well as fixed-line telecommunications, mobile phones, other wireless communications devices, networks, broadband, and various
specialized digital devices.

The main concerns regarding pedagogy and the learning design are course design and delivery, engagement, assessment, and
additional supporting resources. On the other hand, the constructs in curriculum variable are: MOOCs have met the curriculum and
learning objectives, delivery approach, and learning mode. In content development, high quality content is totally necessary in order to
obtain content that is suitable to national education needs.

Output Variables
In enhancement of teaching and learning, the main constructs are effectiveness, motivation, level of learning engagement, skills
(including soft skills, ICT skills, 21st century skills, collaborative skills, communication skills, leadership skills, and entrepreneurship skills),
values and ethics, involvements, learning performance, and teaching improvement. These outputs are important indicators for the
Malaysia public higher education institutions undertaking to be in a class with the top universities in the world.

Step by step, systematic & holistic (Nationally Coordinated)

Open Education Initiatives Global Community

Malaysia MOOCs Framework

Input Process Output
(Enabler/Ecosystem) (Achieve the Objectives)

Infra & Info Issues, Enhancement in T&L
Governance Activity/ HR Efficiency/ Cost Reduction
Pedagogy Action Plan/ Branding and Positioning
Curriculum Performance Life long Learning
Content Development Indicator
Professional Development
Enculturation MOOCs

© FEB 2015 HABIBAH AB JALIL, SIDEK AB AZIZ & ALYANI ISMAIL UPM Chapter 2: Malaysia MOOC 13

THE JOURNEY OF MOOCs MALAYSIA HAS
IT’S OWN UNIQUE ADVENTURE,
THIS IS HOW IT STARTS…

By Prof. Abd Karim Alias

Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)

PREAMBLE

Those who have read my writings or
listened to my presentation know that I
love quotes. So, it is not surprising to see
that I start and end this chapter with
quotes. This chapter is a brief story of
the journey of Malaysia MOOC—from
its conception to its fruition—in a span
of five months! It was obviously an
exciting and ambitious journey with a
big bandwagon, i.e., involving
academics and technical people from
twenty public universities in Malaysia.
How was that possible?

Here is the answer:

If you want to go fast, go alone.
If you want to go far, go together.

- AFRICAN PROVERB
(Abd Karim Alias | CC-By)

“ ”The only impossible journey is the one you never begin

- Anthony Robin

Chapter 2: Malaysia MOOC 15

THE JOURNEY COMMENCED... “ The journey of a thousand miles begins
with one step
The date: 10th January 2014 ”
Venue: Meeting Room, Ministry of Higher Education - Lao Tzu

It was not the first time we attend a meeting at the It is worth mentioning that Professor Mushtak (then at
then Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE), located at Taylor's University) was already embarking on his own
Precinct 5, a prime location at the heart of Putrajaya. MOOCs, Global Entrepreneurship. Kudos to him—he
This meeting, though, was different. It was chaired by should rightly be credited as the MOOCs pioneer in
the former YB Minister of Higher Education, YB Dato’ Malaysia but it was largely an isolated, individual
Seri Idris Jusoh. Two weeks earlier, we received the effort.
appointment letter as a committee member of
Malaysia MOOCs (MOOCs: Massive Open Online During the first meeting of main MOOCs Committee,
Courses), signed by the Director-General MoHE, the launching date of Malaysia's MOOCs was set to
Professor Datuk Asma Ismail. be in August or September 2014! I remember
thinking..."are you serious?" The YB minister was
Back in 2012, MOOCs was a hot buzzword but it was obviously very excited and in a hurry to get the first
in 2013 when MOOCs and all it promises as a game- ever Malaysia MOOCs off the ground as soon as
changer of higher education was brought to the YB possible. Sensing his excitement, nobody dared to
Minister's attention during an official visit to New York challenge or to suggest extending the deadline to a
Academy of Science (USA). He immediately more reasonable date.
convinced that MOOCs is a potential game-changer
that can be leveraged to widened access to Taking the challenge to our stride, the Working
education and transform the landscape of higher Committee immediately started the ball rolling. Four
education in Malaysia and world over. pioneer MOOCs and the host developers were
identified: Tamadun Islam (Universiti Putra Malaysia),
Without wasting much time, the YB Minister made a Hubungan Etnik (UKM), Entrepreneurship (UiTM) and
swift move to push the new agenda of online ICT Competency (UNIMAS). A work plan, timeline and
learning at all higher learning institutions in Malaysia major milestones were agreed and immediately put
by setting up a Working Committee, first chaired by to action. A series of meetings and workshops were
Yg Bhg. Professor Datuk Ts. Dr. Shahrin bin Shahib quickly held at AKEPT and also at the Ministry of
(currently the Vice Chancellor of UTeM) while I was Higher Education in Putrajaya.
appointed as a Co-Chairman. Also in the Committee
were the key people such as Professor Dr. Hanafi In the span of about 5 months, the first Malaysia
Atan (The Chairman of MEIPTA) and Professor Dr. MOOCs was successfully launched in September
Mohd. Majid Konting (Director, Higher Education 2014. The 'mission impossible' was made possible—
Leadership Academy, AKEPT). The Committee was thanks to a good blend of sweat, sweet and sour. It
tasked to coordinate and mobilise twenty public was a proud moment and celebration for those
universities to realise the first ever national MOOCs intimately involved in the pilot MOOCs from the
project. inception to the fruition.

16 Chapter 2: Malaysia MOOC

BEHIND THE SCENE

This is only a brief account of events that I can recall
during the months leading to the launching of
Malaysia MOOC. It was certainly a hectic time for me
and my colleague, Professor Dr. Hanafi Atan.
Meetings were held regularly including an online
meeting. We lost count the number of times we
traveled back and forth between Penang to
Putrajaya or AKEPT. I remember Prof. Majid jokingly
offered a room for both of us at AKEPT.

I still remember vividly one of the online meetings (using
Webex) with Datuk Shahrin during the weekend while
he was visiting someone at a hospital and he had the
online meeting with the members in his car using his
mobile phone. That was the sort of unwavering
commitment displayed by the leadership and all the
committee members.

I was given a task to explore the platform for Malaysia
MOOC. Creating a MOOCs platform from zero is out of
question, given the time we have to launch the
MOOCs. It was a time-consuming exercise because I
had to go through and study the features of each
platform. I sent an email to all the MOOCs platform
administrators, explaining the background and object-

tive of Malaysia MOOC and hoping to colloborate with them. I remember having almost 30 minutes Skype session
with one of the MOOC platform administrators. Some of them were interested to collaborate but very cautious of
having unknown Malaysia MOOC on their platform

It was also the first meeting I met the charismatic Professor Mushtak (currently the Provost and CEO at Heriot-Watt
University Malaysia). We were in a group discussion about online learning (later on became Shift #9—Globalised
Online Learning in Malaysia Education Blueprint 2015-2020), together with the effervescent Yasmin Mahmood
(currently the CEO of MDEC). Later on, I was somehow engaged in a conversation with Mushtak about MOOC
and apparently, he was already embarking on the Journey (Malaysia MOOC).

Not long after the first meeting with Prof. Mushtak at Putrajaya, I invited him to Universiti Sains Malaysia, to give a
talk on MOOC and online education. Further discussion on MOOC in general and Malaysia MOOC initiative in
particular ensued. The rest was history...

Chapter 2: Malaysia MOOC 17

The four (4) pioneer Malaysia MOOCs were then supported by the Open Learning platform. Without a doubt,
Malaysia MOOC is a success story—a proud showcase of a collective effort of 20 public universities in Malaysia.
It is not an exaggeration to say that Malaysia MOOC is unique in its model of implementation—the first of its kind
in the world. It is a national effort involving all the 20 public universities to move collectively in unison and
successfully achieved the deliverables and milestones according to the timeline. Kudos to everyone!

Of course, a top-down approach and direct support from the minister himself is crucial in getting the Malaysia
MOOC off the ground within less than a year. Credit to the former YB Minister for initiating the MOOC Malaysia
and online education.

As a last reminiscing of MOOCs journey in this chapter, I cannot help, but to mention a memorable moment with
the former YB Minister and Prof. Hanafi. We discussed and exchange ideas on how to make Malaysia MOOC
become a reality. 2019 mark the fifth (5th) year of Malaysia MOOC made available by the Malaysian public
higher education institutions.

Looking back, it was one of our best memorable time in the MOOC journey and life in academia that we will
fondly treasure. It was a great pleasure having the opportunity working closely together with members of
MEIPTA, MAGNETIC, AKEPT and the Ministry of Higher Education.

18 Chapter 2: Malaysia MOOC

“The aanbdilitroeypgiseutnlnoaaetmcneoednso-insfteaNloe’rrsxuyiomrbnkfleoeoht’rsalievsaomauwrtcninicmoiennlesgiatsZreoainnnliievnnaaigrunro,ndnmdeinnt,”USIM

4 PIONEER COURSES LAUNCHED IN 2014

ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION INTEGRATION & INTRODUCTION TO ICT COMPETENCY
AND ASIAN CIVILIZATION ETHNIC RELATION IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
ENROLMENT
MALAYSIA ENROLMENT 20,984
32,895
ENROLMENT ENROLMENT
151,761 143, 282

TOTAL ENROLMENTS (Sep 2014- Dec 2018) 348,922

20 Chapter 2: Malaysia MOOC

Malaysia MOOC Statistics

2014 - 2018

*As of Dec 2018 TOTAL NO. OF MOOC

1,193

TOTAL ENROLLMENTS

502,910

MALAYSIA HIGHER
EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONS

20

Chapter 2: Malaysia MOOC 21

“TECHNOLOGY CAN NEVER REPLACE TEACHERS.
BUT TEACHERS WHO REFUSE TECHNOLOGY
WILL BE REPLACED.

TEACHERS WITH PASSION, COMPASSION AND
HEART WILL FOREVER BE IN PLACE.”

– Rosemaliza Mohd Kamalludeen, UIAM

3

Perlis

Pulau Pinang Kedah

Kelantan

Terengganu

Perak

Pahang

Selangor

Negeri
Sembilan

Melaka

Johor

24 Chapter 3: MOOCs in Malaysia Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)

Sabah
Sarawak

Chapter 3: MOOC in Malaysia Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) 25

UNIVERSITI MALAYA (UM) THE LAUNCH

UMMOOCs JOURNEY The UMMOOC courses were officially launched on
31 May 2016 by the Deputy VC Academic and
Starting with 3 initial courses in the OpenLearning Internationalization.
platform. UM also has 2 courses currently hosted in
FutureLearn with more courses planned for the PROGRAMS/COURSES OFFERED
future. The philosophy behind the MOOC
development in University of Malaya is to focus on As of December 2018, 5 courses were live on
the sharing and dissemination of UM’s research UMMOOC which include:
expertise, university’s niche areas and global issues
such as extremism and epidemic. 01 Introduction to Research for Healthcare
As such, the university closely monitors courses Professionals
developed to ensure quality. The university is also
keen to make sure courses developed are 02 Malaysian Taxation
continually improved and being offered
continuously. 03 Essentials in Public Health

04 Introduction to Malay Language

05 Islamic Calligraphy: an Introduction to the Art
of Handwriting

3.4 K 5 12

Students courses faculties

26 Chapter 3: MOOCs in Malaysia Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)

UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA THE LAUNCH
(USM)
Centre for Development of Academic Excellence &
Student Development (CDAE), led by Professor Abd
Karim Alias, is the driving force for the development
of MOOC in USM, assisted by Centre for Instructional
Technology & Multimedia (PTPM), Creative Design
House (CDH) and Centre for Knowledge,
Communication & Technology (PPKT).

USMMOOC was officially launched on 14th January
2016 at the Dewan Tuanku Syed Putra by former
USM Vice Chancellor, Y. Bhg. Professor Dato’ Omar
Osman.

USM MOOCs JOURNEY

Winning Corporate 04 Managing Information 09 Teaching by Design
Overload
01 Strategy for Business
07 Ace That Presentation
Sustainability
05 Microprocessors & 10 21st Century Teaching
02 History of New Media Embedded Systems Strategies

Introduction to Women 08 Enhancing MOOC with
OER (Part 1 & 2 )
03 & Gender Studies in
06 Quantitative Economics 11 Scientific Writing and
ASEAN Context Made Easy Communication

2015 2016 2017 2018

Chapter 3: MOOC in Malaysia Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) 27

UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN THE LAUNCH
MALAYSIA (UKM)
UKMMOOC was officially launched on 5th of
RECOGNITION/IMPACT September 2014 by the Vice Chancellor of UKM,
Prof. Tan Sri Dato' Seri Dr. Noor Azlan Ghazali.
Starting with only 1 pioneer course “Kesepaduan
dan Hubungan Etnik Di Malaysia” on the PROGRAMS/COURSES OFFERED
OpenLearning platform, the number of courses in
UKMMOOC has now dramatically increase to 184 As of December 2018, 267 courses were live on
courses, with approximately more than 100,000 UKMMOOC. These are among the popular courses
students registered in it. Currently, UKM is among the offered in UKMMOOC:
leading public university with the highest number of
developed MOOC courses in the country. 01 Kesepaduan & Hubungan Etnik di Malaysia
02 Modul Umum Latihan Sukarelawan Kuala

Lumpur

03 Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship & Innovation
04 Rethinking Teaching: Redesigning Learning
05 Social Media & Learning: SMiLe

169 K 267 13

Students courses faculties

28 Chapter 3: MOOCs in Malaysia Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)

UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA THE LAUNCH
(UPM)
PutraMOOC was launched on 7th April 2014 by the
previous Education Minister II.

The vision of PutraMOOC is UPM will go a step further
towards globally fostering new generation of
learning experience.

RECOGNITION & IMPACT PROGRAMS/COURSES OFFERED

01 Gold award in eConDev 2017 for Islamic As of December 2018, 48 courses were live on
Finance Principles & Applications MOOC PutraMOOC. These are among the popular courses
offered in PutraMOOC:

01 Tamadun Islam dan Tamadun Asia (TITAS)

02 Agriculture and Man

03 Introductory Engineering Mathematics

04 Islamic Finance: Principles and Applications

05 Malays Arts

02 Gold award in IUCEL 2017 for Islamic Finance Coamnpyulpsroorgyracmousrsoeffteored Islamic Civilization and Asian
Principles & Applications MOOC Civilization (TITAS)

03 Silver award in IUCEL 2017for Halal Food MOOC

159 K 48 17

Students courses faculties

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UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI THE LAUNCH
MALAYSIA (UTM)
UTM MOOC kicked off in 2014 where all the courses
RECOGNITION & IMPACT were developed using Open Edx Platform. In 2015,
UTM set to use OpenLearning as the alternative
platform to offer MOOC. Until 2018, there are 20
courses have been developed with industry
collaboration as well as other universities such as
Radboud University, The Netherlands.

PROGRAMS/COURSES OFFERED

As of December 2018, 17 courses were live on
UTMMOOC. These are among the popular courses
offered in UTMMOOC:

01 Web Based Multimedia Development

02 Data Structures & Algorithms

03 Mechanical & Electrical Works Measurement

04 Research Method in Education

05 Web Programming

01 Co-instruct MOOC 03 05
Blended Learning with Dr
Industry collaboration in Henny van Der Meijden International Recognition: 04 1 Gold Medal & 2
developing 2 MOOCs: from Radboud University, Won RM 5,000 Travelling Grant Silver Medal in
Majlis Agama Islam Negeri Award for Best Research Paper 1 Gold Medal & 1
Johor for Muallaf Education The Netherlands Bronze Medals in IUCEL 2016
on UTMMOOC during Social
in Akidah and Fiqh 02 Learning Conference 2017 NUCEL 2015

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UNIVERSITI ISLAM ANTARABANGSA THE LAUNCH
MALAYSIA (UIA)
IIUMMOOC was officially launched on 23rd January
2018 by Prof. Dato’ Sri Dr. Zaleha Kamarudin, the
former rector of IIUM.

IMPACT PROGRAMS/COURSES OFFERED

IIUMMOOC started with 3 initial courses in As of December 2018, 23 courses were live on
OpenLearning platform. IIUMMOOC now is being IIUMMOOC. These are among the popular courses
actively promoted to the university’s community for offered in IIUMMOOC:
the purpose of awareness, integration and
enculturation. 01 Bahasa Arab Komunikasi

The philosophy behind IIUMMOOC is to focus on the 02 Introduction to Digital Photography
realization and dissemination of IIUM’s mission;
Integration, Islamization, Internalization and 03 Technology Enhanced Active Learning (TEAL)
Comprehensive Excellence.
04 Introduction to Linguistics

05 Critical Thinking Trough Fictions in English

Classroom

1.7 K 23 16

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UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA THE ANCHOR FOR UUMMOOC
(UUM)
UUMMOOC started in 2015 under University
Teaching Learning Centre (UTLC). By end 2016 UTLC
had established Educational Technolgy Unit to give
technical support and monitoring MOOC
development & Open Courseware (OCW) in UUM.

COURSES OFFERED

UUMMOOC started with 3 pilot courses which was
listed in the UUMMOOC Achievements as per figure.

UUMMOOC ACHIEVEMENTS

01 Islamic Banking 04 Introduction to Object 07 Islamic Bank Operation 13 Understanding Learners
Management Oriented Programming
08 Foundation of Banking

05 Accounting System 09 Human Lifespan 14 Teori Amalan
Analysis and Design Development Peniagaan Islam

02 Export Management 10 Asas Keusahawanan 15 Islamic Financing
03 International Business Management

Technology Planning & 11 Applied Statistics 16 Introduction to Legal
Skills
06 Management in 12 Pengantar Penulisan

Education

2015 2016 2017 2018

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UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK THE LAUNCH
(UNIMAS)
UNIMAS was one of the four universities selected as
RECOGNITION/IMPACT the pioneers for Malaysia MOOC in 2014 and it
01 IUCEL Best MOOC Award 2017 offered its first MOOC, ICT Competency in the same
year. Since then, MOOC offered by UNIMAS have
This award was presented to the UNIMAS grown steadily, offering wide-range of courses within
MOOC “Multimedia Technology and Design” its niche areas. UNIMASMOOC believes in delivering
developed by Tn Hj Syahrul Nizam and globalized content with local essence.
Jonathan Sidi.
PROGRAMS/COURSES OFFERED
02 The Launch of MOOC Studios
As of December 2018, 34 courses were offered
The MOOC Studios, are among the first-of-its- through UNIMASMOOC. These are among the
kind in Malaysia, where state-of-the-art MOOC popular courses offered in UNIMASMOOC:
production facilities are provided for
academics to develop their MOOC. 01 ICT Competency

02 Multimedia Technology and Design

03 Basic First Aid

04 Animal Physiology

05 Sarawak Malay Dialect

26.5 K 34 9

Students courses faculties

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UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH THE LAUNCH
(UMS)
Universiti Malaysia Sabah has developed a total of
RECOGNITION/IMPACT 14 courses which are now accessible via Malaysia
MOOC. These courses encompass a wide spectrum
A total of 699 students have enrolled for the course of courses taught at Universiti Malaysia Sabah and
which complement their teaching and learning include courses on Islamic Banking, Environment,
activities at UMS. Molecular Biology, Food Technology among the
others.

PROGRAMS/COURSES OFFERED

The course were launched over a period of three
years in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Three (3) courses were
launched in 2017. A total of twenty-two courses (22)
are now available at Malaysia MOOC. These are
among the courses available on UMSMOOC:

01 Research Methodology

02 ICT in English Language Teaching

03 Introduction to Hospitality Industry

04 Islamic Banking Management

05 Export Management

1.3k 22 10

Students courses faculties

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UNIVERSITI PENDIDIKAN SULTAN THE LAUNCH
IDRIS (UPSI)
The development of MOOC in UPSI started in 2015
with only three courses were selected, namely
Computer Architecture and Organization,
Pembangunan Blog dan Laman Web and Kanak-
kanak Berkeperluan Khas. Today, more than a
dozen courses already available and the number of
courses and students are continuing to expand
significantly.

impact

More than 5,000 students, both local and
international are engaging with the MOOC. UPSI will
continue to develop, enhance and promote online
teaching and learning as an integral component in
delivering 21st century education experience to our
students.

Courses OFFERED

In 2018. 15 courses are made available and conducted as MOOC, namely:

01 Budaya & Warisan Nasional: Wadah 09 Teknik Penulisan Tesis
Pelestarian
10 Kesihatan dan Keselamatan Awal Kanak-
02 Hubungan Etnik Kanak

03 Computer Architecture and Organization 11 Kesihatan dan Kesejahteraan

04 Personality Development 12 Teknologi Maklumat Sekolah Rendah

05 Management Ethics and Corporate 13 AF-Thesis Automatic
Governance
14 Gamify Your Classroom
06 Organic Chemistry
15 Professional Certification In
07 Pembangunan Blog dan Laman Web
Financial Services

08 Kanak-kanak Berkeperluan Khas

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“The world today is about connectivity, connectivism and
connectedness . For a person who loves learning and loves
sharing, MOOC is life changing. Never before can learning
be so seamless and ubiquitous as MOOC allow us to learn
from the best and to learn with the rest, all by mustering a
smart composition of click, swipe, tap, type, think, reflect
and feel. The world will indeed be our oyster!”

- Nor Aziah Alias (UiTM)

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UNIVERSITI SAINS ISLAM MALAYSIA THE LAUNCH
(USIM)
Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) MOOC had
RECOGNITION/IMPACT been soft launched by Vice Counsellor on 2015.
MOA with OpenLearning Global (M) Sdn Bhd was
Gold Medal Award in E-Learning signed on 20 September 2016 to accommodate the
teaching and learning especially using Arabic
01 International University Carnival (IUCEL 2016) language. USIMMOOC allowed students to work
collaboratively and closely with colleagues around
on Fiqh Ibadat & Munakahat the world.
Silver Medal Award in E-Learning
COURSES OFFERED
02 International University Carnival (IUCEL 2016)
USIM offers variety of courses such as:
on Bahasa Arab 1
Bronze Medal Award in E-Learning 01 Bahasa Arab
02 Fiqh Ibadat & Munakahat
03 International University Carnival (IUCEL 2017) 03 Pengajian Halaqah
04 Introduction to Counselling
on Introduction to Counseling 05 Obstetrics Care
06 Bahasa Arab Professional & Teknologi
07 MUET Oasis
08 Human Anatomy
09 Write It Right
10 Grammar to Go
11 Separative Technology
12 English for Academic Purpose
13 Nahu Gunaan Asas
14 History of Philosophy of Science
15 Muamalat: The Integration of Aqli & Naqli
16 Reactor Design
17 Cyber Law

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UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA THE LAUNCH
(UiTM)
UiTMMOOC was started in 15 Jun 2015 with
IMPACT Entrepreneurship Course. Currently, UiTMMOOC
have more than 300 courses available through
Educating lecturers about MOOC is the responsibility OpenLearning platform upon MoA with
of the Institute of Neo Education (iNED). A series of OpenLearning Global (M) Sdn Bhd signed on the 24
workshops and trainings had been conducted to August 2016.
help educators to develop their MOOC. This move is
aligned to Malaysia Education Blueprint Pelan PROGRAMS/COURSES OFFERED
Pembangunan Pendidikan Malaysia (Pengajian
Tinggi) 2015-2025, which has put emphasis on As of December 2018, 557 courses were live on
MOOC as the approach to make e-learning and UiTMMOOC. These are among the popular courses
blended learning the primary pedagogical offered in UiTMMOOC:
approach at higher learning institutions.
01 Introductory Japanese Language (Level I)

02 Introductory Mandarin I

03 Introductory Arab (Level I)

04 Introduction to Financial Accounting

05 English for Academic Reading

138K 557 27

Students courses faculties

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UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU THE LAUNCH
(UMT)
UMTMOOC was officially launched on 1st February
2017 by Y. Bhg. Datin Paduka Ir. Dr. Siti Hamisah,
General Director of Higher Education.

UMTMOOC was launched in the Open Learning
platform upon MoA with Openlearning Global (M)
Sdn Bhd.

COURSES OFFERED

As of December 2018, 17 courses were live on
UMTMOOC.

RECOGNITION/IMPACT

01 Best Massive Open Online Course Award
National University Carnival on E-Learning -2015

02 Best Massive Open Online Course Award National
Academic Colloquium - 2016

03 Best Massive Open Online Course Award
e-Content Development – 2017

04 The Best Innovation of Management in MOOC Award
MEDLIT Conference - 2018

05 The Best Innovation e-Content in MOOC Award MEDLIT
Conference – 2018

06 Best Massive Open Online Course Award
International University Carnival on e-Learning – 2018

07 8 Gold Medal + 1 Silver Medal + 1 Bronze Medal 9.7 K 17 9
(2016-2018)
Students courses faculties

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UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN THE LAUNCH
MALAYSIA (UTHM)
UTHMMOOC was officially launched on 29th of
January 2018 by UTHM Vice Chancellor Prof Ts Dr
Wahid Razzaly.

COURSES OFFERED

As of December 2018, 20 courses were live on
UTHMMOOC. These are among the popular courses
offered in UTHMMOOC:

01 Kenegaraan & Pembangunan Mutakhir
02 Hydrology
03 Essential Academic English
04 Hydraulics
05 Teknologi Maklumat Dalam Pendidkan

RECOGNITION/IMPACT 12k 20 8

Almost 5000 students or approximately 30% of UTHM Students courses faculties
student population have enrolled in UTHMMOOC
courses. These courses are used as a part of
blended learning practice in UTHM.

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UNIVERSITI TEKNIKAL MALAYSIA THE LAUNCH
MELAKA (UTeM)
Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) has
officially launched the MOOC on 27 July 2017 during
UTeM e-Learning Carnival 2017 (eLC 2017) and
launching of National e-Learning Centre (MyCeL)
by former Minister of Higher Education, YBhg. Dato'
Seri Idris Jusoh. MOOC allowed students to work
collaboratively and closely with colleagues around
the world.

COURSES OFFERED

UTeM offers some variety of courses such as:

01 Mandarin I

02 Critical & Creative Thinking

03 An Introduction to Database

04 Multimedia Systems

RECOGNITION/IMPACT 05 Technology Entrepreneurship 13.6k

01 AAU Award 2017 (Mandarin MOOC) 06 Programming Technique enrolments

07 Technology Entrepreneurship

02 E-Learning Innovation Award in AAU,2017 08 Numerical Methods

03 Gold Medal Award in International University 09 Bahasa Jepun
Carnival on eLearning (IUCEL 2017)
10 Information Technology Security

04 3 Gold Medal Award in E-Learning Carnival 11 Motion Graphic
(ELC 2017) by UTeM
12 Principles of Electrical & Electronic

05 3 Bronze Medal Award in E-Learning Carnival 13 Malaysian University English Test
(ELC 2017) by UTeM (MUET)

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