Higher Education Quality Management

The aim of the study is to analyze the prospects for managing the quality of higher education in the Russian Federation based on blended learning. To achieve this goal, the following tasks were performed: appropriate methods of analysis were selected, problems of the quality of higher education services were analyzed, breakthrough innovations in the field of higher education were considered, and problems of introducing blended learning models were assessed. Both the potential opportunities associated with the introduction of blended learning and the problems specific to Russian practice were considered. To carry out the analysis, the method of statistical analysis and the method of graphical analysis were applied in the work. The authors conclude that when implementing blended learning models in Russian higher education institutions, it is important to take into account a number of problems that may arise in practice including students' difficulties in doing homework systematically, the need to significantly increase the level of students' motivation, students' resistance to innovations that require them to be more involved, lack of knowledge in the field of information technology among educators, the resistance of certain groups of educators to changes that require the use of a new style of work, problems with the technical equipment of higher educational institutions, uneven development of Russian regions. At the same time, blended learning makes it possible to increase the availability of educational services and achieve a higher level of personalization of learning. The results obtained are of scientific importance because they contain conclusions regarding potential areas of quality management of higher education in the Russian Federation based on various models of blended learning.