E-learning in Iraq: Practice and Difficulties

Abstract

Various ancient civilizations, such as the Mesopotamian civilization, Greeks, Egyptians, Chinese, and many others, and then the Islamic civilization, were all concerned with education as a key factor for the advancement of nations. Even today, interest in education and teachers is one of the priorities of developed countries. The spread of the Internet, the development of technology, and the need to continuously learn new skills to keep pace with these developments have all resulted in innovative changes in teaching and learning. That is why e-learning has become the most common, easiest, and fastest gateway to education. This research attempts to study e-learning, its history, characteristics, benefits, and difficulties through an exploratory study conducted according to a questionnaire organized via Google Forms and sent to 33 educational staff in Baghdad via social media programs. The Google Form helps obtain answers in an automated manner and analyzes the answers using charts to facilitate researchers’ work in discovering gaps in e-learning to develop them in the future and reach actual solutions by integrating artificial intelligence with them