The Iranian Distance Education Journal (IDEJ)is internationally recognized as the journal of record of research and scholarship in the field of Iranian distance education. Established in 2017 with the mission of promoting research and disseminating information about distance education in Iran, IDEJ explores topics about all teaching-learning relationships where the actors are geographically separated, and communication takes place through technologies. The principal technology of contemporary distance education is the Internet, and thus most articles now report on learning, e-learning, distributed learning, asynchronous learning, and blended learning.

With distance education having moved from the margins to the mainstream at all levels of education and training, and increasing numbers of individuals and institutions becoming involved, The Iranian Distance Education Journal provides a unique depository of previous research as well as the most recent research-based knowledge about all aspects of the pedagogy of the field. Double-blind peer-reviewed articles provide reports on the latest findings in such areas as:

• building and sustaining effective delivery systems;
• course design and application of instructional design theories;
• facilitating interaction between students and with instructors;
• factors influencing student achievement and satisfaction;
• the changing roles of faculty and changes in institutional culture; and
• Administrative and policy issues including cost-effectiveness and copyright.