Explain and Validate the Components and Indicators of Internationalization of Virtual Colleges

Aims: The purpose of this study is to explain and validate the components and indicators of internationalization of virtual colleges.
This is an applied research in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical study in terms of method. In the first stage, with the comparative- exploratory approach and the study of literature, the stages of the internationalization process of education and its components have been identified. Then, the components were validated by independent t-test (100 samples), In the next step, by using the Delphi method, indicators for these dimensions introduced (20 samples) and Finally, they have been explored and verified by doing of structural models (250 samples)
The results of the validation of the components show that the level of optimal adequacy in all components is more than 0.05, the zero assumption is appropriated therefore, 13 components have been introduced as effective dimensions of internationalization of education. Then, by using the Delphi technique, 41 indicators were introduced as effective indicators, and validated by using structural equations models
Indicators and desirable components of internationalization of education have been studied and analyzed, and it has been attempted to provide the base in which by introducing of these dominant indicators, to achieve the designing of virtual colleges.