Although the rapid development of the modern distance education, there is still some shortcomings. In order to overcome these shortcomings and use a large number of data in these remote teaching sites effectively, it is necessary for the introduction of data mining technology to the modern remote education system. The paper introduced distance education system based on Web mining, and how data mining of these distance education website.Modern distance education is the common trend of the development of education in the world. With the development and application of satellite and cable TV, as well as a variety of electronic communications technology, especially with the advancement of the global computer network and multimedia technology, many universities have established distance education platforms. Because of a large number of students, we are relative lack of educational resources nowadays. For this reason, our country is actively developing modern distance education and integrating the various types of educational resources by advanced information technology and educational technology.