Cross-border higher education and quality assurance : commerce, the services directive and governing higher education / Maria João Rosa, Cláudia S. Sarrico, Orlanda Tavares, Alberto Amaral, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rosa, Maria João, editor.

Series:

Issues in higher education (New York, N.Y.)

Issues in higher education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

University extension--Quality control.

University extension.

Quality control.

Physical Description:

xvii, 290 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137594716

1137594713

OCLC:

959328417