The wide use of web-based modern information technology in education has provided such a chance, and at the same time promoted the emergence and development of modern distance education (MDE for short).

• 以网络技术为代表的现代信息技术在教育领域中的广泛应用，为满足人们的这一需要提供了可能，同时促使了现代远程教育的产生与发展。