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One of the most exciting aspects of learning online is that you can meet others from around the world and learn from them. The Internet has opened possibilities your grandparents could not have imagined. It is not uncommon to have students from multiple continents in one course.

Being a global learner means having respect for cultural differences. It also requires that you coordinate across time zones and that you are helpful, not critical, when it comes to resolving problems that may arise from language differences.

In addition to describing what it’s like to be in a global classroom, we address in Chapter 14 how to work and study from afar.