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Cross-Border Higher Education: A New Business?

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Cross-Border Higher Education and Quality Assurance

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This initial chapter provides an introduction to the book. It starts with a digression on the meanings of internationalisation and how it has changed since the Middle Ages, defines Cross-Border Higher Education (CBHE) and presents a possible typology. The quality-related problems that may result from CBHE are presented, as well as developments to protect consumers, including the UNESCO/OECD guidelines for Quality Provision of CBHE. This is followed by a presentation of the attempts for liberalising the provision of CBHE, including those in the framework of the GATS agreements and the European Services Directive. At last the problems created by the development of MOOCs are considered. It concludes by presenting questions to be analysed in the book to better understand the problems CBHE may create.

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    Education International represents organisations of teachers and other education employees across the globe.

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    IAU, founded in 1950, is the UNESCO-based worldwide association of higher education institutions.

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    ETUCE is the European Trade Union Committee for Education.

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    Alberto Amaral

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    Maria João Rosa

  2. University of Lisbon , Lisbon, Portugal

    Cláudia S. Sarrico

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  4. A3ES, Lisbon, Portugal

    Alberto Amaral

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Amaral, A. (2016). Cross-Border Higher Education: A New Business?. In: Rosa, M., Sarrico, C., Tavares, O., Amaral, A. (eds) Cross-Border Higher Education and Quality Assurance. Issues in Higher Education. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59472-3_1

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