The best investment would be to come to France, learn French for a year and then study in French the following year. A distance learning programme in English isn't great. French language programmes are cheaper, especially in the state IAE network.

Britain is close to France, but I think its DL MBAs will not be more highly valued (outside IBM) in France than a known grande ecole. But really you need to study in France, in French.

I don't find any logic and reason in saying that a distance learning MBA in English isn't great !!

Well, it depends on your goal. Imagine, for example, if you wanted to work in France. People speak French there. The business networks are heavily focussed around face-to-face relationships. So, the most probably route to get an MBA position in France is to be fluent in French, and then study in France, so you build up a network of people in France.