Quality Assurance in Online and Blended Learning Environments

This chapter goes into the critical topic of assuring educational excellence in the context of digital learning. As the landscape of education continues to expand, this chapter addresses the particular problems and opportunities that come when seeking to maintain quality standards in online and blended learning contexts. It offers a comprehensive discussion on various aspects, including the evolution of online and blended learning, quality assurance frameworks tailored for digital education, methods of assessing educational quality in virtual environments, effective pedagogical approaches for online learning, and the vital role of technology and tools in quality assurance. Through the analysis of case studies showing successful online quality assurance techniques, this chapter provides significant insights and best practices that educators, institutions, and policymakers can employ to increase the quality of online and blended education.