Abstract
Standards for education are established by a number of governing agencies including regional accreditation committees, national accreditation committees, committees on educational standards within colleges and universities, and the United States Department of Education. These standards are long-established and are updated occasionally to reflect the changes in the fields of education. This chapter discusses the standards, as they exist today, in all of the aforementioned accreditation committees. Specifically, this chapter focuses on the educational standards as they currently exist for distance and online education, such as the standards for teacher training, professional development opportunities, and resources for online faculty.