Manoosh Mehrabi - Assistant Professor of Distance Education Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Bahman Zandi - Professor, Linguistics Department, Payame Noor University

Textbooks are the most important forms of media in open and distance universities. As a result, they should have features that enable the distance learners to attain in-depth learning without the presence of an instructor. This study aims to design a comprehensive model for open and distance university textbooks through analyzing the textbook concept using the hybrid model. In the initial stage, a review of literature up to ۲۰۱۱ was done (۱۱۹ cases) using several databases.  Then, a field study was carried out by assessing ۲ textbooks from open universities of England. Finally, data collected from the two previous stages were analyzed and evaluated, using Strauss and Corbin's method, and a proper model was proposed for open and distance university textbooks.

Open and Distance Universities, Textbooks, Desirable Textbook Models, Hybrid Model