[简答题]远程教育(distance learning)是一种正规教育，打破了传统的课堂教学模式。由于家庭责任或工作场所的限制，有些学生无法接受传统教育，此时远程教育就为他们提供了接受教育的机会。学生可以在任何有通信设备的地方学习，如校园、工作单位或是自己家里。电子邮件、互联网、传真等技术促进了师生及学生之间的互动。日益发展的科学技术以及互联网的普及也将继续促进远程教育的发展。相信在不远的将来，远程教育将会越来越普及。

参考答案: Distance learning is a formal education process, which breaks the traditional mode of classroom teaching. Distance learning can provide education opportunity for some non-traditional students who are restricted with family responsibilities and workplace. Students can learn at any satellite places, such as at campus, at the workplace or at home. The technologies including email, internet and fax promote instructor-student interaction as well as student-student interaction. The ever-developing science and technology and the popularity of the internet will continue to boost the development of distance learning. It is believed that distance learning will be more popular in the near future.