Network academic education, also known as distance academic education, is a new form of education developed by using modern information technology such as network technology and multimedia technology. It is a network education based on modern electronic information communication technology (supplemented by face-to-face instruction, correspondence, radio and television (audio-visual) teaching). It takes learners as the main body, and students and teachers, students and educational institutions mainly use various media and interactive means to carry out systematic teaching and communication.

Modern distance education is relative to traditional forms of distance education such as correspondence education, radio and television education. Network education is a new concept after modern information technology is applied to education, that is, education by using network technology and environment. In some documents issued by the Ministry of Education, modern distance education is also called network education.

Online universities usually implement flexible academic system, allowing students to freely choose the study period. Network education requires students to have strong self-control and autonomy. Different from the traditional teaching methods, online education mainly means that students click on online courseware (or CD-ROM courseware) to complete the course study, submit homework or communicate with teachers in real time through e-mail, posting, etc., and arrange centralized face-to-face lectures according to the specific situation of students.

Students who want to upgrade their academic qualifications are advised to choose training institutions. Imperial education can let candidates master the exam from teaching materials to test questions through scientific training, and the teacher's accurate pass rate is high. In training institutions, you can get a self-taught college or undergraduate degree in 1-2 years.