Strategic Perspective of Open Education System Development

Environmental changes make any organization plan its own growth and development program with regard to environmental conditions as well as the knowledge of opportunities, threats and internal capabilities.Quantity development, science and technology expansion, and the large number of people appreciating high education in Iran have made the authorities of High Education Department develop open education programs in the form of PAYAM E NOUR University.The new viewpoint and approach of the government toward PAYAM E NOUR University will bring a new season of quality and quantity development to this university. In such conditions, strategic view and planning are a must for dynamic and continuous momentum in this field.An introduction to open education system and its requirements will be followed, in this paper, by a history of its methodology in Iran and some select countries, together with further discussion on the strategic essentials of PAYAM E NOUR University