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As part of the COVID-19 lockdown, educational institutions were closed and adopted e-learning to keep the learning process going. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, e-learning has become a required component of all educational institutions such as schools, colleges, and universities worldwide. This pandemic has thrown the offline teaching process into chaos. This chapter discusses the concept and role of e-learning during the pandemic and various challenges and opportunities of e-learning encountered by educational institutions. Three broad challenges identified in e-learning are inaccessibility, self-inefficacy, and technical incompetency. E-learning opportunities are no geographic barriers, flexibility, creativity, and critical learning incorporation increased utilization of online resources and reinforced distance learning.
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Anusha, B., George, G., Joy, A.K. (2023). E-learning During COVID-19—Challenges and Opportunities of the Education Institutions. In: Chaurasia, M.A., Juang, CF. (eds) Emerging IT/ICT and AI Technologies Affecting Society. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 478. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2940-3_9
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