Abstract

As the distance education is increasingly popular around the world, more students with different cultural backgrounds are being educated via the international distance education. However, the cultural diversity has an important influence on the effectiveness of the international distance education. The investigation of the cultural diversity’s impact on the distance education is important for improving the international distance education. At present, the main issues which the international distance education is facing are that how to develop a method through which the students from different cultures can more easily understand the content delivered during the international distance education. In addition, international education of this kind currently faces difficulties in facilitating cross-cultural learning. While problems of limited communications technologies, lack of teacher training, inadequate competence of university administration and general cultural differences may be known. The ways used in the distance education does not suit the international distance education, innovative ways should be developed. Keywords—international distance education, cross-cultural, globalization

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