Because Distance Education (DE) provides students the new opportunities for accessible and lifelong education, it is getting more and more popular day by day over the entire world, and as stated in the book it has become a major topic of interest in the field of educational communication and technology.This is one of the basic books in the field of DE. It is written by Lee Ayers Schlosser and Michael Simonson. Lee Ayers Schlosser, EdD, PhD is in Extended Campus Program of Southern Oregon University and an associate professor of Criminology Department at Southern Oregon University. Michael R. Simonson, Ph.D. is a professor of Instructional Technology & Distance Education at Nova Southeastern University. There are three editions of the book. In 2002 first edition, in 2006 second edition, in 2009 third and last edition was published. If you look at content of first and second edition of the book, you can‘t see very big difference between them. But in third edition there are considerable changes.