About Journal

The Journal of Distance Learning and Open Learning( jdlol)‎:  is an open-access journal‏ ‏Published semi-annually; all published ‎articles are available immediately online at no ‎charge from authors or readers. All articles of   The Journal of Distance Learning and Open Learning (dlol), which focus on the topics of Distance education, e-learning, blended learning and educational technology are published ‎under the open license  CC BY-NC ((Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International)) which allows immediate free access to ‎the work and permits any user to read, download, ‎copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts ‎of articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data ‎to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose.‎

It aspires to publish high-quality original ‎research ‎articles, review articles, short ‎communications, and ‎case reports, which ‎focus on at least one of Distance education, e-learning, blended learning and educational technology, and have not ‎been ‎published or considered for publication ‎elsewhere.‎

Providing authentic distinctive ‎research ‎and ‎producing knowledge that serves ‎society and ‎supports ‎intellectual creativity in ‎the field of Distance education, e-learning, blended learning and educational technology, which focuses on the topics of Digital learning aids, Learning Management Systems, Web-based ‎support systems, Video-Based Learning, Virtual and augmented reality ‎systems, Computer-based training, Learning Platforms, Course design, ‎Mobile learning, Social learning, Social Networking Technologies, ‎Micro-Learning, Simulations and Game-Based Learning, Out-of-school ‎applications, Self-Directed Learning, blended learning systems, distance ‎education practices, Smart Learning Environment, E-learning ‎administrative and policy issues and Evaluation systems.

The editorial board of the journal follows the ‎rules of ‎scientific refereeing followed by ‎scientific journals to ‎determine the validity of ‎the articles and papers ‎submitted to it. Each ‎paper is published after  ‎written approval by ‎at least two referees. ‎