Title IV regulations include definitions for “distance education” and articulate standards for how credit hours, attendance, and a “week of instructional time” must be determined in the context of Title IV eligible online courses and programs. For instance, attendance and instructional weeks must be measured in terms of academic engagement (actual engagement in the former and the opportunity for in the latter) rather than access to a course. Moreover, academic engagement should be monitored and instructors must provide opportunities for substantive interaction with students in a predictable and scheduled manner as well as on the basis of such monitoring.