Distance education gains the trust of Arab students and around the world and paves the way for a promising and advanced future

Hundreds of thousands of students around the world have enrolled in universities that rely on online education, those universities that have succeeded in raising the level of university education by using new technologies to overcome the obstacles from the epidemic, major universities around the world have also begun to follow this approach.

Shawn Mustafa, Vice President of University of the People of America

Shawn Mustafa, Vice President of University of the People of America, said that the number of students have increased significantly since the corona pandemic by enrolling in universities that offer distance education.

“Students trust the quality of education and the reputation that the university enjoys in online education, even with the slowdown caused by the epidemic and the availability of vaccines, the number of students enrolling at the university has continued to rise over the past eleven years,” said Mustafa. “We have perfected our distance education model not because of the epidemic, but years before it, because as academics we believe in the possibility of online education and its prospects for its development.”

He added that Harvard University, one of the oldest and most prestigious American universities, has also moved to teach business administration online, and it is one of the most famous universities in the world in which elite academics in Britain and France study. Universities have begun to open full curricula for distance education. around the world, but they cannot obtain a travel visa, so the solution is to study online from their countries from their homes.

University of the People Student Zain Hakrouh from Saudi Arabia says, “I am pleased to go through this educational experience through the e-learning platform, as I am learning business administration at this American international university and I am excited to study the subjects related to this most wonderful subject, which will open the doors of the future for holders of a business administration degree. It allows everyone to benefit from university education around the world.”

Lotfi Salama, a student, said, “I joined University of the People, and my goal is to improve my situation in order to get a raise or a higher level job. The obstacle has always been that I did not obtain a bachelor’s degree, and this step was impossible in ordinary universities because I cannot leave my current job and join a traditional university. After work, I study at home instead of going to get coffee, and thus I use my time to achieve my dream.”

Technological challenges to online education

Information technology expert, Mohamed Saeed, says that tools are important to reach useful results. “The first tools that must be worked on is to convert curricula from the pages of books to the digital world, and then prepare a sophisticated program and most importantly, be easy to deal with, which will help not only students, but administrators and lecturers in recording data and giving lectures in digital form.

This is a translated version of the original story first published in nile.com