Identify and analyze the macro requirements of online education in higher education with emphasis on the corona pandemic effect

The purpose of this study was to identify and analyze the macro requirements of online education with emphasis on the corona pandemic. The method of this research is both qualitative and quantitative. To conduct this research, in addition to the documentary study, the content analysis technique with MAXQDA12 software was used to identify the dimensions and indicators and to determine the share of each factor, the confirmatory factor analysis method of smart pls3 software was used. The statistical qualitative population in this study was among all experts in the field of educational management and governmental and higher education, which was conducted after 17 saturated interviews. In the quantitative section, all faculty members of Tehran universities were selected according to Morgan's table, which 353 samples were selected by simple random method. Eventually, 7 dimensions and 41 indicators were identified. The structural equation method of smartpls3 software was used to draw the pattern. The results showed that the dimensions of Social and cultural requirements (0.874), Infrastructure requirements (0.872), Educational and research requirements (0.796), Policy and strategic requirements (0.791), Financial and economic requirements (0.779), Legal requirements (0.779) and Managerial and organizational requirements (0.694), have the most important roles in the macro requirements of online education based on the Corona pandemic.