Distance education and online education are the same meaning. Modern distance education is a new form of education developed with the help of modern information technology such as network technology and multimedia technology. It is a network education based on modern electronic information communication technology (supplemented by face-to-face instruction, correspondence, radio and television (audio-visual) teaching). It takes learners as the main body, and students and teachers, students and educational institutions mainly use various media and interactive means to carry out systematic teaching and communication. Modern distance education is relative to traditional forms of distance education such as correspondence education, radio and television education. Network education is a new concept after modern information technology is applied to education, that is, education by using network technology and environment. In some documents issued by the Ministry of Education, modern distance education is also called network education. You can consult in Ben official website.