The Islamic University, Baghdad is an Iraqi university located in Baghdad, Iraq, it was established in 1989. A decade ago the only choice was to attend universities or colleges within commutable distance from home. Today there are about 2000 plus institutions within and outside the country, some of them being the very best in the world that offer online courses and degrees accessible from anywhere with a computer and a modem. Thanks to the Internet learning has grown out of the classroom into cyberspace. Online distance education provides online degrees. There are plenty of course options and degrees offered by distance education online.