Perception study of benefits, prospects and challenges of e-learning in Libyan higher education with reference to students and educators “Case Study of Open Libyan University”

Abstract

Abstract:

Recently, the interest of electronic platforms development  had been increased rapidly, learning through electronic platforms improve the ability of both teachers and students to extend their knowledge in the field of ICT and other sciences, This study would define the features and challenges of e-learning in Libyan Open University  for both students and educators, check the availability of e-learning tools, the data which used for this study is collected the from primary source through an interview and questionnaire (survey) with the students and educators of Open University in Libya, the analysis study had Implemented through SPSS of version 20.0, The results had shown that  there are various factors could affect the performance of e-learning for open universities such as  the difficulty to deal with skills related to  electronic device for teachers, and the use of electronic platforms and e-learning tools, also in as well as the lack of network are the basic challenges  of e-learning, also students may not check learning websites repeatedly, so that it should treat these challenges as well as develop  this techniques for the Libyan Universities.

Key words: e-learning, open-university, teaching.