Trends and Challenges of Online Education: Alternative Solutions and Future Implications

This report discusses the trends and challenges of online education, including campus distractions, technological reliance, diminished social aspects, self-discipline essential, conflicts in learning style, challenges in different nations, and impact of issues and challenges. The report also discusses alternative and most viable solutions, such as the use of technology, credibility, online conferencing, new technologies, motivation and communication. The future of online education was also explored, including project-based learning, adaptive technologies, and smart classrooms.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Trends and challenges................................................................................................................2
Campus Distractions...............................................................................................................2
Technological Reliance..........................................................................................................2
Diminished Social Aspects.....................................................................................................2
Self-Discipline Essential........................................................................................................3
Conflicts in Learning Style.....................................................................................................3
Challenges in different nations...............................................................................................3
Impact of issues and challenges.................................................................................................3
Professional development.......................................................................................................4
New models............................................................................................................................4
Personalized learning failure..................................................................................................4
An alternative and most viable solution.....................................................................................4
Credibility...............................................................................................................................5
Online conferencing...............................................................................................................5
New technologies...................................................................................................................5
Motivation and communication..............................................................................................5
Recommendation........................................................................................................................5
Future of online education......................................................................................................6
Responsibilities.......................................................................................................................6
Reflection...................................................................................................................................6
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................7

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Introduction
Online education defines a flexible instructional delivery system which includes several kinds
of knowledge that takes place through the Internet. Even though a huge number of benefits of
online education, there are so many challenges of online education, that will be faced by
potential students. Online education in many modes has been rising widely (Smith &
Symonds, 2018). The convergence of new technologies, Internet global adoption, and
workforce intensifying demand to trained periodically for developing a digital economy. The
online education will be on track to become mainstream in 2025. Nation level factors impact
the quality and quantity of online education. There are many factors included like a business,
local government, federal levels, national laws, and the digital divide. Online learning
consists of courses offered by institutes of postsecondary (Rivers, Rivers, and Hazell, 2015).
These institutes are 100 percent virtual that excludes massively open online courses. Online
education is offered on the internet. The following discussion will cover the trends and
challenges of online education. Alternatives and most viable solutions, for managers and a
feasible action plan and predicting consequences, have been discussed in the report.
Trends and challenges
Campus Distractions
When a student gets an education online, his or her homework area is his or her campus.
Whether a student at a restaurant hooked up to the open Wi-Fi (Marshall 2013), or in a spare
bedroom at home, this zone is now his or her campus. Here distraction is a big challenge to
that online education (Kennedy and Odell 2014).
Technological Reliance
Another challenge of online education is the grand reliance on electricity and technology. In
traditional educational institutions, the school or college delivers any industrial supplies
(Avella et al. 2016) and the fundamentals of essential attendance are met easily by just being
at college or school (Kennedy and Odell 2014).
Diminished Social Aspects
Social aspects with the online direction are other challenges of Online education. Within the
plans of a maximum degree course, there are many benefits given in social communication
with peers (Kennedy and Odell 2014). It is done in the classroom activity or “social lounges”
set outside of the digital classroom. All of these are good but still not similar to in-person
relations or physical (Avella et al. 2016).

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Self-Discipline Essential
With most online degree courses, the controlling school will offer a list of requirements for
involvement in the course (Avella et al. 2016), such as requirements in computer devices,
general internet savvy and reliable internet connection, motivation and self-discipline
(Vanevenhoven 2013).
Conflicts in Learning Style
Some students have a challenging time applying their own education style to the
environments of the online classroom (Vanevenhoven 2013). Most students have spent their
learning time in a physical classroom. As an outcome, skill sets and education methods tend
to progress as an accompaniment to this physical educational environment (Marshall 2013).
Challenges in different nations
Regular growth of the online education programs especially in the USA for business
education looks to be on the prospect in the upcoming five years. The students that look at
least one online class take a course on campus and took a campus course not physically
present in the U.S. that enrolled in U.S. online degree program were 1 % of all learners taking
online classes. It presents that online programs and attracting students to live far from the
university. Education institution faces a variety of instructor, institutional, and student-related
obstacles for the successful maintenance, implementation, and online programs growth.
Online education challenges in Asia and the middle east is low internet diffusion, low public
reverence for online learning, & lack of repositories in online education in Arabic languages.
Students of Africa access online education on the internet and affected by the harmful impact
like smartphone addiction. There are also many challenges in developing nations regarding
education as not have enough sources regarding internet access. Poor nations like Liberia,
The central African republic, Burundi, Uganda are facing the issue of online education due to
inequality, an inefficient network of education, lack of democratization, insufficient funds,
and economic recession. Nigeria has referred that it has the largest number of out of online
education in the world (Rueckert, 2019).
Impact of issues and challenges
The web-based entrepreneur focuses on high skills business like accounting and law. This is
very hard to become familiar with the modern landscape of online education. The online
education advent has been very important for industries and others as open many possibilities

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for teachers and education. There are many problems and challenges in the 21st century and
led to unforeseen consequences.
Professional development
There are many challenges faced like lack of adequate, teacher's professional development
that is required for ongoing professional development in lieu of teachers that are needed to
incorporate new technologies in classrooms who are incapable to comprehend new
technologies in online education. Institutes mandate the custom of a specific technique that
educators are left deprived of the tools to efficiently integrate by the new abilities in methods
of teaching. The new investment is underutilized in a method that mimics an ancient
procedure in place of innovating new procedures that can be more attractive for students in
online education (Holder, 2013).
New models
There are many new models of learning and teaching that deliver unprecedented competition
to schooling, traditional models. The massive open online course in higher education is the
hottest topic. K-12 are latecomers for education in distance in many cases. Model of tests and
lecture of learning are inadequate to challenge the students to engage and experiment in
informal education. This can be found in the classroom model in non-traditional like flipped
classrooms that allowed for a blending of informal and formal education (Daniel, 2015).
Personalized learning failure
There is a gape in the vision to deliver personalized, differentiated instruction and available
technologies to generate possibilities. Assessment is the most important practice and change
in online education. This generated a gap in the assessment and demands of new skills in
education.
An alternative and most viable solution with technology (Connection in online, education,
and technology)
This is an ethics and social responsibility to overcome barriers in online education. Learners
become disengaged and feel isolated as not interact with peers. Internet in online education is
the most important technology in modern times that helps in daily life and professional lives.
For the purpose of education, this is used widely to collect information and do research to add
the knowledge of many subjects. The Internet has a very important role in education. In the
modern era, everyone prefers google to solve problems, doubts, and queries. The Internet
consists of a wealth of knowledge that can be searched 24*7. The internet has brought

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improvements in technology, and online education. This has become more important as a
useful tool in the world that is preferred by everyone. Students search on the internet for
information related to the curriculum, exams, results and so on to achieve success in student
life.
Credibility
Online education is concerned that employer like to see the benefit of hiring those that
succeeded online due to the implicit skills of job that need initiative, discipline, and
management of time like familiarity with technology. Solutions delivered by providers can
tackle problems faced by students (Duplesis, 2016).
Online conferencing
This tool support for creation and management of a group's discussion. This consists of
organized discussion like topics at a weekly level, participant’s data like personal information
and support to access files for downloading and up. This is supported by tools available on
the Internet that are evolving at a large level (Abdullahi, 2011).
New technologies
Online education requires tech-savvy students to learn about new software and hardware to
connect and communicate in classes. Skills of troubleshooting developed by the practice and
time. Technology is dynamic and efficient for support business resources. Skills of time
management are very crucial for getting everything. These are very useful for complete work
in advance. Online education in today's time is user-friendly. Discussion of the board and
online portal make easier to participate and upload an assignment. These are very useful for
upload and participate in the assignment. Technology delivers support to assist more effective
if it gets stuck.
Motivation and communication
Many assignments are handed online that need to be communicated more effectively to
generate high-level motivation. This solves the issue of writing skills and gives extra time to
check errors. Time management in online learning support to overcome the challenges and
schedule self- discipline by avoiding distraction and complete work in a timely manner. The
online portal is very different compared to the classroom as support to make interaction with
classmates and instructors (Calvo, 2017).

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Recommendation
The basic plan of action support to online education leader by ensuring success for a student.
Characteristics of online education support the expectations for students by frequent
collaboration between staff and faculty members, and sustained, and focused professional
development.
Future of online education
Online education is future of education especially in education at a higher level. This is based
on the idea of distance learning that includes cassette tape and education to high-speed
collaborating internet lessons for scholars for traditional classroom education. The following
points allow accessing high-quality future education from any site. Project-based learning is a
valid strategy for online education. This encouraged students to cooperate with peers and
faculty fellows in the project that allow demonstrating skills in the real world. Online
learning will approach the exclusive online learning platforms and flipped tasks of the
classroom to a student by completing most work outside the physical classroom. Adaptive
technologies are the solution to the problem of online education. Software and online boards
are adopting the teaching material and tactics to individual learning styles, needs, and
progress. The online learning approach is exclusive to online learning platforms that will flip
the classrooms and blending learning approaches. In past online learning-centered to email
messages back or simple chat room and forth with an instructor. The classroom will be tech-
savvy and act as a smart room to facilitate more effective learning. This allows the students to
interact within real-time learning with faculty, student, connect with guest speakers,
significant individuals, and business partners.
Responsibilities
An educational organization has the responsibility at the social level to content long term
plans by filling the responsibilities. The main role of online education is to formulate students
for their future vocation by teaching. Innovation and technologies of online education are
covered in many ways. A student that chose a study in online education will be delivered by
an education service that covered in many ways and relies on institute and nation's legislative
situations.
Reflection
The group has identified that there are many trends in education. One of the most important
trends in online education. One of the most important challenges students facing is a

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distraction. The online education fully depends on technology and electricity availability that
is not possible at every time. Aspects at the social level also challenge as physical relations of
the tutor are more vital than a digital classroom. Many students are not capable enough to
adjust to the education style of the online classroom environment. It has been analyzed within
the report that issues and challenges have an impact on business-government. These impact
the student regarding their professional development to building more comfort in students'
life and they not forced to hard work. Online education generates a gape of understanding of
tutor instructions in a similar way. This has been identified with the group that there are also
many viable and alternative solutions to issues and challenges. Credibility also supports
learners to tackle problems and generate the capacity to more understand more difficulties.
Online education generates a personal touch and connects learners to feel like part of a
community of a scholar. Activities like blackboard discussions are more appropriate to
promote effective interaction. Online conferencing is a tool that creates and organizes the
discussion of a topic and access file for downloading. This builds the ability to evolve in the
business with more capability. Technology is dynamic and effective to support resources of
business and critically and make the student capable regarding effective learning. Online
education provides support every time to overcome challenges and avoid the distraction from
learners.
The discussion of the group has analyzed the recommendation of the report that is a high
expectation to push learners to learn more effectively on a daily basis. Collaboration in online
education with a tutor present many procedures to collect commitment and improve the
achievement of students. Online education embrace excellence through improve the
characteristics of the student. Group work can be improved by more effectively dealing with
strategies to deal with members that not share opinions. Group formation should be more
productive to improve the experience of working together. There should be peer assessment
included in the procedure of evaluation. This support members to identify problems of
management. This is important for future business leaders to understand the advantages of
online education in the future as it generates more flexibility and freedom to juggle careers.
This also gives the power to delegate time to different projects. This saves many costs for
commuting. These costs are assorted and related to transport like parking, fuel, and
maintenance of a vehicle. Online education delivers many chances to a network by peers in
nations or different continents. This will help to fit in the environment and give exposure to
other cultures. This will support the student to store information in the online database. This

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consists of documents of discussion, email, and material of training. This will be very useful
for the leaders to carry research for the project and submit findings to a panel.
Conclusion
Perhaps students weren't expecting an online education to be challenging. Sometimes
students lacked the own-discipline, which is required to achieve an online educational
environment. It concluded that online education is more challenging for tutors as well as
students. But there are various tactics that tutors can use to support students to succeed in
online education, as well as methods that schools or colleges can employ to help the
instructor more efficiently. This paper discussed the trends and challenges of the educational
industry is currently facing. This discussed that online education generates many issues and
challenges that impact educational institutions. Further paper discusses the alternatives and
the most viable solutions for improving online education. At the end of the discussion paper
covers the recommendation for delivering effective education to learners.

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