Quality Assurance and Cross Border Higher Education in the Commonwealth: The Work of the Commonwealth of Learning

Abstract

We shall begin by looking at the current situation of Crossborder Higher Education (CBHE) in the Commonwealth and ask whether crossborder HE providers are latter-day pirates or contribute significantly to the educational needs of developing countries We will then examine quality assurance through the lens of COL's work. // Later on we shall introduce an exciting new concept, that we call 'criss-cross' border higher education, which is the basis of the new Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth.