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Factors for Development of Learning Content and Task for MOOCs in an Asian Context
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Nordin, Norazah; Norman, Helmi; Embi, Mohamed Amin; Mansor, Ahmad Zamri; Idris, Fazilah – International Education Studies, 2016
The rapid advancement of emergent learning technologies has led to the introduction of massive open online courses (MOOCs) which offer open-based online learning courses to a large number of students. In line with the advancement, the Malaysia Ministry of Education has recently initiated Malaysia MOOCs via collaboration with four public…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Large Group Instruction, Educational Technology
Academic Promotion in Malaysian Public Universities: A Critical Look at Issues and Challenges
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Azman, Norzaini; Che Omar, Ibrahim; Yunus, Aida Suraya Md; Zain, Ahmad Nurulazam Md – Oxford Review of Education, 2016
The expansion and transformation of Malaysian universities have generated major changes in the nature of academic employment and the structure of academic promotion in higher education institutions. These changes have considerable implications, in particular for the policy and practice of academic promotion in the public universities. We argue…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Public Colleges, College Faculty
Higher Education in Southeast Asia: Blurring Borders, Changing Balance. Routledge Research on Public and Social Policy in Asia
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Welch, Anthony – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
This is the first book to systematically chart and comparatively assess the trend towards private higher education in South East Asia. Caught between conflicting imperatives of spiralling demand, and limited resources, the balance between public and private higher education systems in South East, South, and East Asia has shifted markedly. The…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Private Colleges, Public Colleges
Strategic Planning Directions of Malaysia's Higher Education: University Autonomy in the Midst of Political Uncertainties
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Sirat, Morshidi Bin – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2010
In Malaysia, the national government has seen fit to steer higher education policy in a direction that is in the "national interest". This notion of "national interest" is best exemplified by the changing relationship between the State, higher education institutions and the market. Since the late 1960s, we saw the gradual but…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Higher Education, Universities, Public Colleges
Status of Mathematics Teaching and Learning in Malaysia
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Sam, Hong Kian; Ngiik, Ting Lang; Usop, Hasbee Hj – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2009
This article presents an overview of the education system in Malaysia and highlights some issues pertaining to higher education. In addition, this article also looks at some issues specific to the teaching and learning of mathematics both at school and in the universities. Some data on students' achievements in mathematics examination at public…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement, Foreign Countries, College Mathematics