Ministry of higher education of Iran in 1988 with establishing Payam Noor University tried to use distance education methods and other new methods to bring some basic changes in the concepts of traditional education and remove some of the deficiencies of the traditional education systems. Currently, the mass of young people who want to obtain an academic degree and the lack of enough educational space in different levels in the country, created the exceptional circumstances to move towards distance education and e-learning in Iran. By using these recent methods, we can increase productivity training, flexibility in time and place, and many other advantages such as creation hundreds of virtual classes and establishing fair educational opportunities for many people of our society. Recent research starts by comparing distance education programs in international and national level to identify the steps required to transform the program into an e-learning system. Our evaluation method is a qualitative approach. It describe background and evolution of distance education, express e-learning and its goals and present the necessities of e-learning as a new method of distance education in universities of Iran. It describes the challenges of e-learning in Iran and presents the strategies to strengthen e-learning in this country.
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