第 1 條 本辦法依大學法第三十條及專科學校法第三十五條規定訂定之。
第 2 條 本辦法所稱遠距教學，指師生透過通訊網路、電腦網路、視訊頻道等傳輸媒體，以互動方式進行之教學。
本辦法所稱遠距教學課程，指單一科目授課時數二分之一以上以遠距教學方式進行者。
前項遠距教學課程授課時數，包括課程講授、師生互動討論、測驗及其他學習活動之時數。
第 3 條 專科以上學校（以下簡稱學校）實施遠距教學，應指定專責單位辦理，並得視課程需要，置助教協助教學或提供教材製作支援。
第 4 條 學校有下列情形之一，經教育部（以下簡稱本部）依相關法令命其限期改善者，於改善期間不得開設遠距教學課程，學校並應即對外公告：
一、學校財團法人或學校財務狀況顯著惡化，已有不能清償債務之事實或嚴重影響校務正常營運。
二、學校積欠教職員工薪資累計達三個月以上或未經協議任意減薪。
三、院、所、系、科及學位學程師資質量基準不符合專科以上學校總量發展規模與資源條件標準規定。
四、教學品質經本部依法令規定查核為持續列管或未通過。
五、全校學生數未達三千人，且最近二年新生註冊率均未達百分之六十。
六、違反私立學校法或有關教育法令，情節嚴重，影響相關學生或教職員工權益。
依前項規定不得開設前，已開設之遠距教學課程，得依原教學計畫實施至該學期結束。
第 5 條 學校實施遠距教學，應於具備教學實施、記錄學生學習情形及其他支援學習功能之學習管理系統為之。
第 6 條 學校之院、所、系、科、學位學程開設遠距教學課程，應依學校規定由開課單位擬具教學計畫，依大學法施行細則及專科學校法規定之課程規劃及研議程序，經教務相關之校級會議通過後實施，並應公告於網路。
前項教學計畫，應載明教學目標、修讀對象、課程大綱、上課方式、師生互動討論、成績評量方式及上課注意事項。
第 7 條 學生修習遠距教學課程成績及格，且符合大學法施行細則及專科學校法施行細則學分計算之規定者，由學校採認其學分，並納入畢業總學分數計算。
前項採計為畢業總學分數之遠距教學課程學分數，已超過畢業總學分數之三分之一而未超過二分之一者，學校應將校內遠距教學課程開設及品質確保之相關規定報本部審查核准後，始得開設。
第一項採計為畢業總學分數之遠距教學課程學分數，不得超過畢業總學分數之二分之一。
學生以遠距教學方式取得之推廣教育學分申請學分抵免，其課程學分數已超過畢業總學分數之三分之一者，學校應造冊報本部備查。
下列學制班別經本部專案核准後，其畢業總學分數之計算，不受第三項規定之限制：
一、數位學習碩士在職專班。
二、境外地區招收境外學生之二年制專科班、學士班、碩士班及博士班。
前項學生學位證書應附記授課方式為遠距教學，並加註遠距教學課程學分數。
第 8 條 學校與國外學校合作開授遠距教學課程者，以本部公告之外國大學參考名冊所列之學校，或經當地國政府學校權責機關或其認定之教育專業評鑑團體認可者為限。
第 9 條 學校應定期自行評鑑開授之遠距教學課程及教學成效；其評鑑規定，由各校定之。
依前項規定製作之評鑑報告，至少保存五年。
第 10 條 本部得組成訪視小組，就遠距教學實施成效，至學校進行訪視或評鑑；其結果有缺失或不符合規定者，應通知學校限期改善，屆期未改善者，得按其情節，為下列處分：
一、減少其部分或全部之獎勵、補助經費。
二、禁止其開設部分或全部遠距教學課程。
三、停止以遠距教學方式授課之院、所、系、科、學位學程，其部分或全部之招生。
第 11 條 空中大學開設遠距課程，應依空中大學設置條例之規定辦理，不適用本辦法。
第 12 條 本辦法自發布日施行。
教育部網址：https://law.moj.gov.tw/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?pcode=H0030038
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Amended Date： 2019-03-29
Category： Ministry of Education（教育部）
| Article 1 | These Regulations have been formulated in accordance with the provisions of Article 30 of the University Act and Article 35 of the Junior College Act. |
| Article 2 | In these Regulations the term “distance education” refers to teaching and learning conducted by teachers and students using media such as telecommunication networks, computer networks, and video channels. In these Regulations the term “distance education course” refers to single subjects in which one half or more of the number of teaching hours are undertaken in distance education mode. The number of teaching hours of the distance education courses referred to in the preceding paragraph includes the hours of lectures, interactive student-teacher discussions, tests, and other learning activities. |
| Article 3 | Junior colleges and institutions of higher education (hereinafter referred to as “educational institutions ”) offering distance education shall designate a unit that will be responsible for handling distance education matters and, if a course requires it, may arrange for a teaching assistant to help with the teaching, or provide assistance to produce teaching materials. |
| Article 4 | If an educational institution is in any of the following circumstances and in accordance with related ordinances the Ministry of Education (hereunder referred to as “the MOE”) has ordered it to take corrective action within a prescribed period, it is not permitted to offer any distance education courses during the period while corrective action is being taken and it shall immediately make the details of the situation public: 1) The financial situation of the legal entity under which the educational institution is registered or of the educational institution itself has obviously deteriorated and the educational institution is already unable to pay its debts, or the normal operations of the educational institution are being seriously affected. 2) The educational institution owes its teachers and/or other staff a cumulative total of three months or more salary, or it has reduced staff salaries arbitrarily without reaching an agreement to do so. 3) The criteria governing the quality of the teaching staff of colleges, institutes, departments, divisions, and degree programs do not satisfy the provisions of the Standards Governing the Overall Scale of Development and Resources of Junior Colleges and Institutions of Higher Education. 4) The quality of the education being provided has been checked by the MOE in accordance with the provisions of ordinances and is subject to ongoing monitoring, or it did not pass the review. 5) The total number of students is less than 3,000, and the new student enrollment rate has been less than 60% in each of the previous two years. 6) The educational institution has violated the Private School Law or education-related ordinances, and the circumstances are serious and infringe on the associated rights and interests of students, or teachers and other staff. Distance education courses that were already being offered before, in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the educational institution was not permitted to offer such courses may continue to be provided following the original course plan until the end of the current semester. |
| Article 5 | Educational institutions providing distance education shall do so using a learning management system which is equipped to handle distance education implementation, students’ learning performance records, and other learning support functions. |
| Article 6 | If a college, institute, department, division, or degree program of an educational institution offers distance education courses, the unit that will offer a course shall draft a course plan in accordance with the educational institution’s regulations, and in accordance with the provisions of the Enforcement Rules of the University Act and the Junior College Act regarding curriculum planning and evaluation procedures, the course plan shall be submitted to an educational institution-level committee and may be offered if it is approved. Each approved course plan shall be posted on the internet. The course plan referred to in the preceding paragraph shall clearly state the course objectives, the target students, a course outline, how students will access the course, interaction and discussion between students and teacher(s), performance evaluation methods, and matters to pay attention when participating in classes. |
| Article 7 | If a student completes a distance education course with satisfactory results and the calculation of the credits is in accord with the provisions of the Enforcement Rules of the University Act and the Enforcement Rules of the Junior College Act, the educational institution will award credits for the course and include those credits in the total credits for graduation. If the credits awarded for completing distance education courses counted in the total credits for graduation referred to in the preceding paragraph exceed one third of the total credits for graduation but do not exceed half of the total credits for graduation, the educational institution shall submit a copy of its internal regulations governing its offering distance education courses and associated quality assurance to the MOE to review, and the courses may only be offered after being approved. The total number of credits awarded for completing distance education courses referred to in Paragraph 1 is not permitted to exceed half of the credits required for graduation. If one or more students apply for credit transfer of credits earned undertaking continuing education in distance education mode and such credits exceed one third of the number required for graduation, the educational institution shall make a list of those students and submit it to the MOE for reference. The calculation of the total number of credits required for graduation for any academic program listed below is not subject to the provisions of Paragraph 3 if the program has been approved by the MOE on a case by case basis: 1) In-service master’s degree programs in digital learning mode; and 2) Two-year junior college programs, bachelior’s degree programs, master’s degree programs, and doctorate programs undertaken by overseas students in overseas regions. The degree awarded to a student who has completed any of the degree programs referred to in the preceding paragraph shall state that the program was taught in distance education mode and how many credits were awarded for completing distance education courses. |
| Article 8 | If an educational institution plans to offer distance education courses cooperatively with an educational institution overseas, international cooperation, it is limited to doing so with an educational institution overseas that is on the reference list of foreign universities made public by the MOE, or one that has been accredited by the local government authority for such educational institutions or by the professional accreditation agency for education in the country where it is located. |
| Article 9 | Educational institutions shall carry out regular evaluations of the distance education courses they are offering and the results of offering the courses. The regulations governing such evaluations shall be set by each educational institution. Educational institutions shall keep the evaluation reports produced in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph for at least five years. |
| Article 10 | The MOE may organize an inspection group to visit an educational institution to inspect or evaluate the results of its distance education. If the inspection group identifies any shortcomings or lack of compliance with regulations, the MOE shall notify the educational institution that it must take corrective action within a prescribed period and if the educational institution does not do so, the MOE may impose any of the following sanctions, depending on the circumstances: 1) Reduction of part or all of the educational institution’s incentive awards or funding subsidies; 2) Prohibit the educational institution offering some or all of its distance education courses; and 3) Halting enrollment of students by some or all of the colleges, institutes, departments, divisions, and degree programs that teach in distance education mode. |
| Article 11 | Distance education courses offered by open universities shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of the Open University Establishment Act, rather than these Regulations. |
| Article 12 | These Regulations shall come into effect on the date of promulgation. |