<br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">"</span><strong style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The emergence of Open Educational Resources (OER)</strong><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> as </span><a href="http://www.hippocampus.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">a viable option</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">. The shifts that digital libraries and user generated content have caused in other IP based markets are now reshaping the educational publishing landscape. OER itself is a positive addition to the mix (many </span><a href="http://www.pearson.com/news/2012/november/pearson-announces-project-blue-sky--a-cloud-based--content-servi.html?article=true" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">publishers are embracing OER</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">). However, in the face of </span><a href="http://www.educationbusinessblog.com/2012/10/friday_curmudgeon_oer_edition.html" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">"free" content</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> the old distinctions between basal and supplemental are relatively unimportant. We need a voice for high quality, professionally produced, pro-grade tools that </span><a href="http://www.educationbusinessblog.com/2013/03/7_reasons_why_k12_education_pu.html" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">save teachers time</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> and save schools money."</span><br clear="all">
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