Malaysia is the first country that has developed a credit recognition policy for online courses, which is Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). This will allow students to get certificate, diploma and bachelor’s degrees without spending any money since it is the main issue that is of concern to the students after Higher Education Minister Idris Jusoh urged students to take up an additional degree in order to have more opportunities after graduation.

At the present time, knowledge is everything. People get two or three degree certificates in subspecialty areas to be competitive. As I assume, “One degree should be okay, I know I can survive and progress with only one degree in light of the fact that I would spend more money on getting addition degree or certificate training. But what would really make me stand out?”

Online education via Open Learning in Malaysia keeps growing and aligned with the Malaysian Education Blueprint 2015 to 2025. The education system in Malaysia has changed and it follows the strategic plan that involves four phases. MOOCs are the new approach of education and it is available for everyone.

Everything is at one’s fingertips. Students get their access at OpenLearning.com and start choosing any course they want. There are heaps of courses that students can choose and it is also convenient and easy for lecturers and instructors to manage their classes. It is a two-way communication using text, audio and video online.

There are no attentiveness from the government to Massive Open Online Courses to the students in Malaysia, that is the top reason why student are not aware about it. The Education Ministry should take a crucial step and initiate awareness about Open Learning to the public and private institutions.

Taylor’s University is the first Malaysian higher education institution that launched two pilot MOOC programmes, followed by four public universities which are UPM, UKM, UiTM and Unimas.

MOOCs should be acknowledged in the larger context of lifelong learning. Malaysia has stated that lifelong learning as the third pillar in human capital development. I personally think that the government should take a crucial step to promote how useful Open Learning is for the students or perhaps a campaign about it should be promoted so that it will receive support from many institutions and students will hear about about it.