Journal of Research in Educational Systems

Abstract The present paper aims to provide a combined quality evaluation model of higher education in higher education based on the CIP evaluation approach. In terms of purpose, this study is a basic research that has been done with cross-sectional survey method and with an approach based on mixed research method. The statistical population of this study includes experts active in the electronic unit of Azad University, who have been selected by targeted sampling method. Data collection tools are interviews and questionnaires. To achieve the objectives of the research, by analyzing the interviews with the experts, a set of applied indicators of combined education quality assessment were identified. The main categories of combination education quality assessment are: context, input, process, and output. Sub-categories also include expectations, opportunities, goals, faculty members, e-unit managers, students, facilities, equipment and "educational aids, process management and monitoring methods, product". According to the leveling done, the final model for evaluating the quality of combined education was designed in the electronic unit of Azad University. Based on this model, proper selection of infrastructure managers is the most important element in implementing a combined education evaluation system.

Abstract The present study aims to provide the view of managers and specialists for the internationalization of open and distance education in Iran. This research is in terms of purpose, applied-development, in terms of method, descriptive-survey, and in terms of strategy, mix (quantitative and qualitative). In the first stage, by studying the literature and the experts´ opinion, the factors affecting the internationalization of education were introduced and a researcher made questionnaire was made then the factors validated by independent T-test (100 samples), the results of component validation showed that 13 components as effective dimensions in "Internationalization of Education", introduced. Then, by using Delphi method, 41 indicators were introduced as effective indicators (20 samples), and finally, with the implementation of structural models (250 samples), they were investigated and confirmed. Finally, the proposed indicators and dimensions were presented. In this research, it has been tried to provide a base for the development of these dominant indicators, a step towards the internationalization of Open and distance education.
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