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Free, open educational content gaining ground in schools
Lestch, Corinne

Published25 February 2015
Publisheredscoop, Scoop News Group
CountryUnited States, North America

ABSTRACT
A California nonprofit organization is looking for vendors to create Open Educational Resources, which would lower costs in schools but some say could upend the $8 billion-a-year educational content and textbook industry.

Keywords Association of American Publishers · California · Education & STEM · innovation · K-12 OER Collaborative · Learning Accelerator · OER · Open Educational Resources · State & Local News · Washington

Published atWashington, D.C
RefereedDoes not apply
RightsCopyright 2018 Edscoop. All rights reserved.
URLhttps://statescoop.com//free-open-educational-content-gaining-popularity-across-states/
Access date3/15/2018
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