Introduces the status of distance ed ucation in the USA and China,discusses the tendency of the dis-tance education and puts forward the development tactics of distance edu cation in our country.

• 介绍了中美两国远程教育的现状,通过比较分析,对远程教育的发展趋势进行了探讨,并提出了我国发展远程教育的策略。