An Analysis of Causes of Inefficiency in Distance Education at Public Universities in Vietnam

∗Distance education is a popular form of education in the world and has proven its outstanding advantages. In Vietnam, this form of education has existed for a long time. To meet the requirements of the modern education model, distance education has made a lot of innovations in terms of program, content as well as the way of conducting. In addition to the universities’ efforts, the State and the educational management institutions of Vietnam always encourage and invest in this type of education. However, in fact, this type of education shows ineffectiveness in the implementation process and increasingly receives low credibility from the learners. Seeing this inadequacy, the authors have conducted a research to explore and analyze the main causes leading to the ineffectiveness of distance training at public universities in Vietnam. The results of this study are the data and information on which universities can base to adjust and improve the effectiveness of distance training.