What is Online colleges: Definition and 53 Discussions

Distance education, also called distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at a school. Traditionally, this usually involved correspondence courses wherein the student corresponded with the school via mail. Today, it involves online education. A distance learning program can be completely distance learning, or a combination of distance learning and traditional classroom instruction (called hybrid or blended). Massive open online courses (MOOCs), offering large-scale interactive participation and open access through the World Wide Web or other network technologies, are recent educational modes in distance education. A number of other terms (distributed learning, e-learning, m-learning, online learning, virtual classroom etc.) are used roughly synonymously with distance education.

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  1. S

    Statistics degree for personal development?

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  2. M

    Schools Need Help with Advanced (Past AP) High School Courses

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  3. Cosmophile

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  4. S

    How can I handle a bad situation with course prerequisites?

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  5. 1

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  6. N

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  7. jouncey

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  8. H

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  9. R

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  10. V

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  11. T

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  12. E

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  13. D

    Schools MET: Seneca College Building Sciences Program

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  14. T

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  15. T

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  16. W

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  17. A

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  18. A

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  19. L

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  20. D

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  21. TheSenescent

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  22. C

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  23. M

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  24. Y

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  25. Ascendant78

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  29. J

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  30. C

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  32. S

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  33. J

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  34. T

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  35. B

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  36. F

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  37. cryora

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  38. H

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  39. P

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  40. Evo

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  41. M

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  42. M

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  43. A

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  44. Ascendant78

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  45. Gamma

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  46. J

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  47. B

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  48. M

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  49. T

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  50. S

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