By Anayat Durrani, US News
These courses combine online and on-ground learning, even as online degree programs are rare in the Arab region. Online courses can give students the flexibility to learn on their own schedules. The use of blended learning is becoming more common at Arab region universities, and can prove an added benefit to traditional learning for Arab international students studying in the region. Somali national Zakaria Mohamed Hagi Hassan is currently taking a mix of in-class and online learning for his course on advanced crop physiology in the College of Food and Agricultural Sciences at King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. “Online classes play an important role in a student’s full understanding of the course, and sometimes it’s a supplement for what you have learned in the class,” says Hassan, who is pursuing a Master of Science in crop science.
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