Chapter 4: Online Education: Challenges, Tools, and Emerging Trends

The advancement of new technology in the education system has significantly impacted teaching and learning approaches in both online and face-to-face environments. The education systems are anticipating the future and adopting different modes of delivery for learning (e.g., online learning, face-to-face learning, hybrid learning) in simultaneous and asynchronous ways. Online education has acquired significant recognition recently due to the pandemic when the education industry underwent a transition from face-to-face to online mode as a spontaneous solution to prevail in this uncertainty. It is feasible to teach and learn from anywhere in the world at any time, with unlimited access to resources, which play a significant role in effective and efficient teaching and learning. This study provides an enhanced comprehension of online education. To upgrade the teaching and learning process many tools and resources are used in different circumstances.

This chapter elaborates on educational tools and how they can be used to enhance the quality of education. Given that it is of utmost importance to understand the current demands, this chapter provides an overview of the emerging trends in online education.