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After more than two years, we have had an epidemic called COVID-19, which is now endemic and people are slowly adjusting their lives to it. The word of working from home, online meeting, online learning is not an alien thing to most of us during the outbreak of COVID-19 and it has become the new norm. Particularly in higher institutions, faculty members are actively finding ways and solutions in ensuring the teaching and learning process is always on the right track. Now, most people have realized that face-to-face and online learning could be the best combination of teaching and learning method during this time. The readiness of the users, the sufficient resources of online learning since then, make people adapt themselves to blended and online learning better. Therefore, blended and online learning classes are an option for educators and students. The purpose of this paper is to review and synthesize the literatures on the importance of blended learning and online learning during the endemic of COVID-19.
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To Cite this Article: Jidi, M. M., Jamian, N. F., Zakirai@Zakaria, N., Eshak, E. S., & Idrus, S. (2022). The Importance of Blended and Online Learning during the Endemic of COVID-19: A Review. International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development, 11(4), 61– 69.
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