In 1999, a most significant policy initiative took place when the Chinese government expanded higher education dramatically. A new national project called the Modern Distance Education Project was launched with the objective of making full use of Information Technology to extend China s limited educational resources to reach its vast population. The core of this project is Web-based distance education. By examining the implementation process of Web-based distance education programs in Zhongshan University, various issues, that remain unanswered regarding the development of distance education...