Accredited Distance Education Degree

distance education
Distance education, or distance learning, is a field of education that focuses on the pedagogy, technology, and instructional system designs that aim to deliver education to students who are not physically "on site" in a traditional classroom or campus.
The mode of study for external students.
Educational situation in which the instructor and students are separated by time, location, or both.

accredited
(accreditation) the act of granting credit or recognition (especially with respect to educational institution that maintains suitable standards); "a commission is responsible for the accreditation of medical schools"
[[Image:Accreditation.jpg|right|thumb|230px|In systems engineering accreditation is the formal attestation that a model or simulation is acceptable for use for a specific purpose.
given official approval to act; "an accredited college"; "commissioned broker"; "licensed pharmacist"; "authorized representative"
(of a person, organization, or course of study) Officially recognized or authorized

degree
The amount, level, or extent to which something happens or is present
A stage in a scale or series, in particular
academic degree: an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study; "he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude"
a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"
A unit of measurement of angles, one three-hundred-and-sixtieth of the circumference of a circle
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree"