Distance Education International is a training company that has made extensive contributions to the literature of distance education and e-learning, has participated in a wide range of European projects and has edited the world's only series of academic volumes on distance education. It is active in the following fields:

• Distance education systems
• Open learning materials
• English courses
• Language courses, including Chinese language courses and translation
• Editing and publishing
• Distance training development

Distance Education International was founded in 1990 and was registered in Ireland with registration no 166336.