Universal Journal of Educational Research 8(12): 6609-6619, 2020 http://www.hrpub.org DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.081225 Distance Instructional Strategies and Learning Motivation towards Learning Outcome of the Study Al-Qur'an in Situation a COVID-19 Pandemic Baeti Rohman 1 , Jamil Abdul Aziz 1 , Ali Imran 1 , Jarudin 2,* 1 Faculty of Tarbiyah, Institut Perguruan Tinggi Ilmu Al-Qur’an, South Jakarta, 12440, DKI Jakarta, Indonesia 2 Department of Information & Technology, STMIK Bina Sarana Global, Tangerang, 15114, Banten, Indonesia Received August 19, 2020; Revised October 14, 2020; Accepted October 24, 2020 Cite This Paper in the following Citation Styles (a): [1] Baeti Rohman, Jamil Abdul Aziz, Ali Imran, Jarudin , "Distance Instructional Strategies and Learning Motivation towards Learning Outcome of the Study Al-Qur'an in Situation a COVID-19 Pandemic," Universal Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 8, No. 12, pp. 6609-6619, 2020. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.081225. (b): Baeti Rohman, Jamil Abdul Aziz, Ali Imran, Jarudin (2020). Distance Instructional Strategies and Learning Motivation towards Learning Outcome of the Study Al-Qur'an in Situation a COVID-19 Pandemic. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 8(12), 6609-6619. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.081225. Copyright©2020 by authors, all rights reserved. Authors agree that this article remains permanently open access under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International License Abstract Distance education is a set of instructional and instructional strategies for connecting people who have learning needs with the resources needed to meet those needs. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of distance instructional strategies and learning motivation on learning outcomes of the Qur'an study of the concept of taqwa in a COVID-19 pandemic situation. Experimental research used a quantitative approach. 64 students were divided into two groups. The group was given the treatment of distance instructional through digital media online and the other group with distance instruction through e-books offline. The results of the study were obtained by Significant 0.001 < 0.05, to shows that there are differences in learning outcomes with online digital media instructional strategies to learning outcomes of students who are treated with offline e-book instructional strategies and obtained by Significant 0.003 < 0.05, it means that there is a difference in learning between students who have high learning motivation and student learning outcomes who have low learning motivation. The implication is that distance instructional is dependent on internet network. If students are in rural areas, it will be difficult to implement because many factors for example, infrastructure is not yet available, students from economically disadvantaged circles who didn’t have smartphones, or the cost to purchase internet quota expensive. Keywords Distance Learning, Instructional Strategies, Learning Motivation, COVID-19 Pandemic, Study Al-Quran 1. Introduction Education is fundamentally about change-a continual change in the abilities, attitudes , values, skills, mental, and models of a person[1]. The instructional mechanism itself can be seen as a method for which an innovation in instructional is intended[2]. The goal of instruction is to make instructional content more effective, and less difficult to understand[3]. As demonstrated by improved learning outcomes[4], instructional approaches are successful in enhancing students success. Remote teaching is a collection of teaching methods to link people with learning needs with the tools required to meet those requirements[5]. Instructional distance is a condition where through the use of media and information and communication technologies, the teaching and learning process takes place, with students and lecturers creating educational experiences at various locations or times[6]. In remote instructional, lecturers and students are separated from each other, and technology is used to convey the information content needed and to be learned[7].