Distance education
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Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time an
Somerset House, home of the University of London from 1837 to 1870
William Rainey Harper, proponent of external university courses, pictured here in 1905
Walton Hall, renovated in 1970 to act as the headquarters of the newly established Open University (artist: Hilary French)
... in Italy
Massive open online course
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A massive open online course or an open online course is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the Web. In addition to traditional course materials, such as filmed lect
Distance education
…completely online, or a combination of both online and traditional in-person (also known as, offline) 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…
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