Islamic Online University (IOU)

The IOU Way of E-Learning:

Comprised of students from around the globe, the student body will learn through watching and listening to video and audio lectures as well as reading PDF format texts with the support of well-trained tutorial assistants. Within the online study communities, students may share resources, exchange ideas, discuss weekly topics, submit assignments, and take exams.

IOU courses take place over a 5-month term. Each term has a midterm and a final exam as well as written assignments.

The learning week starts on Thursday at 00:05 am Qatar Time and ends the following Wednesday at 23:55. Weekly study units will be released at the beginning of each learning week and late students will have access to previously released units.

The student community will be divided into subgroups, or classes, of a maximum of 400 students who all participate in the same online course. Students are encouraged to actively participate in the various supervised IOU student forums by posting questions, responding to questions posted by other students, or by commenting on discussion questions from the readings or recorded or live lessons.

The above information was taken from the Islamic Online University web page. If you are interested in learning more, please visit their website.