February marked an important milestone for the future of higher education in Asia and the Pacific. China and Indonesia, two massive higher education systems within the E9 countries, signed a cooperation agreement between the Indonesia Cyber Education Institute (ICE Institute) based at Universitas Terbuka and XuetangX based at Tsinghua University, two major national MOOC platforms in Indonesia and China.

As a result of the agreement, XuetangX will donate 60 MOOCs developed by 18 Chinese higher education institutions to Indonesian learners via the ICE Institute. This is a significant achievement in promoting the international flow of quality content and pedagogy, which can help to improve the access, quality and equity of higher education provision in the Asia-Pacific region.

Contributors: Libing Wang and Wesley Teter

Editor: Li Han