随着信息时代的到来,知识更新的速度大大加快,这致使受过高等教育的专业人员也存在知识老化问题,一次教育已经不能满足要求,需要接受继续教育,不断更新和创新。文章从终身教育解读出发谈现代远程教育的发展体系,来探析现代远程教育是目前终身教育和再教育的有效途径。 With the advent of the information age, the speed of updating knowledge is greatly accelerated, which has led to the aging of knowledge for professionals who have been educated. An education can no longer meet the requirements and needs continuous education and constant updating and innovation. This article starts with the explanation of lifelong education and discusses the development system of modern distance education to analyze that modern distance education is an effective way of life-long education and re-education at present.