Benefits and Challenges of Metaverse in Education

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic impact on all areas of social life. In particular, education is considered one of the areas most affected by many schools being forced to close to minimize the spread of the disease. Online teaching on video conferencing platforms is the suitable solution in that situation, such as Microsoft Team, Google Meet, and Zoom. In that context, changing learning methods is of great interest to educational researchers. By using technology, learning has become more exciting and attractive. In addition, both teachers and learners must learn and know how to use new technology on their own. In recent times, the term Metaverse is creating a prominent technology trend with the ability to combine reality–virtual in a 3D environment, with many features suitable for education. Through this research, we use research materials, solutions, and commercial products to explore the capabilities, effectiveness, classification, benefits, and limitations of the Metaverse in education. Based on this work, we can conclude that Metaverse is an effective learning tool because of its ability to visualize documents that are difficult to construct or dangerous in practice, overcome communication inadequacies, and user interaction in distance learning, etc.