COVID-19 outbreak, challenges and possibilities for an online system of education

ABSTRACT

Research has already underscored the importance of online teaching and learning and its many fold benefits for students. However, in the context of COVID-19 pandemic, many technological changes and challenges have occurred which have put educational institutions in a state of frenzy due to different issues related to online education and its effective implementation. This analytical review sheds lights on the technological changes and challenges to online education during covid-19 pandemic. The chapter further highlights how the new online education policy declarations by the governments in the new pandemic situation have triggered different reactions from student and teachers' communities and how the challenges could be overcome. It is becoming popular and challenging for educational institutions. Students and teachers have reported many problems and obstacles they faced during the during the COVID-19 pandemic, which need to be properly explored and addressed in order to successfully implement and ensure quality online education. © 2022 Nova Science Publishers, Inc..