Abstract: E-learning, a tool emerged from information technology, has been integrated in many university teaching programs. There are numerous factors that must to be considered when implementing a curriculum offers e-learning based courses in a university. The main purpose of this research study is to investigate the issues and challenges that influence the successful implementation of e-learning in public universities of Afghanistan. This study was conducted at Shaikh Zayed University, Khost, Afghanistan and the respondents who participated in the questionnaire survey were university administrative staff, students and academic staff. In order to successfully identify and overcome the issues, a number of issues prevailing in a public university of Afghanistan were identified through an in-depth literature review and questionnaire survey carried out at Shaikh Zayed University. The data collected from the participants was analyses using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS)......
KEY WORDS –E-learning, Challenges, Higher Education, Shaikh Zayed University
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