395 Copyright © 2017, IGI Global. Copying or distributing in print or electronic forms without written permission of IGI Global is prohibited. Chapter 12 DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0648-5.ch012 ABSTRACT Distance Education is more preferable by both learners and institutions in the 21st century. The technol- ogy, teaching-learning and communication processes are in a change that each stakeholder should comply with. One up-to-date form of these processes is social networking. Social networks have the potential of providing access to more resources and improving the quality of communication and interaction. Social Network Analysis and Network Weaving approaches are useful to determine the social network structure and improve it. Further to that, in this chapter, “Social Network Synthesis” approach is introduced, obtained by applying synthesis process on Social Network Theory. The approach is thought to allow for the establishment of optimum relationships between the concerned actors in a newly confgured goal- directed social network. An illustrative framework that can be used for building Distance Education programs is also presented. INTRODUCTION Developments in Information Communication Technologies within the changes on views of education and teaching has lead Distance Education to be gradually preferable for both institutions and learners. The Distance Education Programs’ superiorities can be effective on this choice like learners’ providing a workforce while learning (Macdonald & Poniatowska, 2011), avoiding a possible job loss because of living in another place, removing the problems like accommodation which can cause a negativity on time and cost (Burgess & Russell, 2003). According to Sloan-C’s data in 2011, the number of students joining at least one (online) distance education class is 6,7 million outnumbering the previous year with Social Network Synthesis: A Dynamic Approach for Building Distance Education Programs E. Pınar Uça-Güneş Anadolu University, Turkey Gülsün Eby Anadolu University, Turkey