Education is a long-term investment that is made for
the future and planned in accordance with the needs of a country.
The need in our country for qualified labor force that comes
along the improvements in the world increases the desire for
giving quality education to more and more students gradually.
Especially, the innovations in information Technologies and
rapid developments in communication make distant education
applications increase and become widespread in harmony with
the said developments. For education to lead to positive
behavioral changes and meet its targets, the persons and
educational institutes that perform education should have a
certain experience and proper infrastructure. The increasing
number of students demanding higher education in our country
and the innovations in modern-day information technologies
bring out some new pursuits in education. The attention and the
need in distant education which is expanding and accepted
worldwide are also increasing rapidly. The tools and technologies
used in distant education and all other files about it ease the
learning conditions occurring in normal education [4].
Computer-backed education is used in fields such as; visual
notes, revisions, education and intensive testing. In time,
computers have taken the place of lecturers eliminating boring
tasks and giving students materials and assignments when they
feel for it. In this article, besides giving general information about
the universities conducting distant education in our country, the
advantages and disadvantages of distant education and its
progress in our country and in the world will be evaluated.