tojde Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education 1302-6488 Anadolu University 10.17718/tojde.1095732 HOW TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF ONLINE EDUCATION FROM ONLINE EDUCATION DIRECTORS’ PERSPECTIVES Akbaba Altun Sadegul BASKENT UNIVERSITY Johnson Tristan E. Boston College 03 30 2022 23 2 15 30 01 12 2021 Copyright © 2000, Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education 2000 Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education

COVID-19 pandemic showed once again the need for quality in online education all over the world. The aim of this research is to solicit how to improve the quality of online education from online education program directors’ perspectives. The research was designed as a qualitative case study. Eight participants who were responsible for directing, managing, supervising and organizing online education programs participated to this study. The data were collected through interviews and were analyzed through content analysis. Eight dimensions were found to improve the quality of online education. These dimensions were focusing on students’ needs; focusing on change in education; focusing on system as a whole; focusing on leadership; focusing on continuous improvement of online education; focusing on integrating learning and teaching theories into online education; focusing on research about online education; and focusing on quality of instructors.

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