一、发展远程教育是知识经济的必然选择知识经济的崛起，无疑将促使经济结构和社会面貌发生广泛变化，也会激起人的思想观念和行为方式的深刻变化。它对教育在知识传播、人才培养方面提了更高要求，同时更强烈地呼唤教育在知识创新、科技开发、高新技术成果转化、精神文明建设? First, the development of distance education is an inevitable choice for knowledge-based economy The rise of knowledge-based economy will undoubtedly lead to a wide range of changes in economic structure and social outlook, and will also arouse profound changes in people’s ideological concepts and behavior. It puts higher demands on education in terms of knowledge dissemination and personnel training, and at the same time calls for stronger education in knowledge innovation, scientific and technological development, the transformation of high-tech achievements and the building of spiritual civilization.