National and international policies and guidelines on blended learning in higher education

Blended learning has emerged as an approach for governments and universities to enhance education equity and quality for the last several years. As blended learning become mainstreamed in higher education especially after the COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers and institutional leaders face many challenges and issues in its implementation. To address these issues and challenges, it is necessary to gain insights into the enabling national and international policies and guidelines that support effective blended learning. Based on the framework for building the capacity of higher education for blended learning (Lim and Wang 2016), this chapter examines how existing national and international policies and guidelines on blended learning may enhance higher education equity and quality. Copyright © 2024 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.