Are distance educational leaders looking for developing a quality educational service for many people? Or, are developers looking for quick profits with students who have not had access to traditional education? This paper advocates that ”quality” distance education needs to show evidence of increasing achievement and size of the middle classes. Many less advantaged individuals in the world do not have the resources to participate Criteria for evaluating distance education for serving large populations require long-term data studies on class issues that may be impacted by education. Distance learning entrepreneurs, leaders, and governments are challenged to take a broad and long-term view of distance learning as a promising major tool for global social class mediation. Some implications are described on Eastern and Western values on quality distance education.