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Cross-Border Higher Education and Quality Assurance: Commerce, the Services Directive and Governing Higher Education

By Alberto Amaral (eds.) , Maria João Rosa , Cláudia S. Sarrico , Orlanda Tavares

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
2016
ISBN
978-1-137-59471-6, 978-1-137-59472-3
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-59472-3
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3424582 bytes)
Series
Issues in Higher Education
Edition
1
Pages
XVII, 290\290
Time added
2016-11-20 09:00:00
Higher Education

Description

This book analyses the range of potential measures national quality assurance agencies may have to employ to deal with the new issues caused by Cross Border Higher Education (CBHE). The expansion of CBHE raises quality problems, which are currently assessed differently depending on the countries concerned. This has been exacerbated by the growth of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) which have developed very quickly and can be prone to rogue providers. This book considers the steps that have already been taken to ensure quality as well as those ahead. It is important that the swift growth of CBHE is not just seen as a means to increase the revenues of higher education institutions faced with decreasing public funding but also as a means to keep educational standards high.

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