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After reading the materials of the third week, I finally understand what distributed education and open education are, and have a deeper understanding of open education. However, there are conflicts between open learning and some Internet access and privacy Settings, Like 《Filtering Content is often done with good intent, But Filtering Can Also Create Equity and Privacy Issues》, as described by Chris Gilliard and Hugh Culik in a real-life case. Sometimes, the Internet’s access mechanism is to protect us from phishing sites, viruses, pornographic platforms and so on. On the other hand, this mechanism also brings some troubles to people. For example, Chinese students, they have to use VPN to link to foreign websites or even online courses, which brings pressure and trouble to learners and makes them lose interest in learning.  The losses caused by DIGITAL REDLINING directly limit the future of our students, in education, and in a post-industrial unequal world, the gap will grow. The good is better, and the bad is worse. Therefore, open education must break through the pressure of politics, capital and discrimination and become an independent learning tool. Open Pedagogy is not a magical panacea for the crises that currently challenge higher Ed, but it is a kind of cushion, and it is so good that no one has a monopoly of educational resources though this approach is limited.  After all, free resources cannot be compared to paid resources. I really hope that open education can continue to develop and innovate, and maybe one-day people can really learn what they want instead of being bothered by educational resources. Knowledge should be priceless, and the current stage is that some people who want to learn can’t because of money, environment, international etc. It is sad for the whole world. The knowledge needs to be spread.