@article {
	title = {A reflection on the OER debate: Every which way but loose},
	author = {Bates, Tony},
	abstract = {The OER debate is likely to continue for a long time, mainly outside this forum, but I want here to provide if not a wrap-up at least some personal conclusions from the debate so far.

My original post, OER’s: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, and Rory McGreal’s lengthy critique of my post, A defence of the OER movement: Any Which Way You Can, has interestingly generated more discussion on this web site than any other topic. If OER’s are not the main trend in e-learning, they certainly seem to generate the most emotion (or maybe my original post was just more provocative than usual). I’ll come back to this point later. ...},
	year = {2011},
	month = {03/2011},
	publisher = {Online Learning and Distance Education Resources},
	country = {United States},
	url = {https://www.tonybates.ca/2011/03/18/a-reflection-on-the-oer-debate-every-which-way-but-loose/},
	refereed = {does not apply},
	keywords = {developing countries, OER advantages and disadvantages, OER debate, OER movement, OER quality},
}