In today’s entry to the 23 good reasons for Open Education series, Rob Farrow explores how equity issues can be tackled -at least in part- through open educational practices. “Equity is fundamentally about fairness, which requires recognizing that different students face different challenges.” Rob Farrow is both Senior Research Fellow in the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University (UK) and co-director of the GO-GN network, the successful network of PhD studies related to OE.