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The Evolving Economics of Educational Materials and Open Educational Resources: Toward Closer Alignment with the Core Values of Education

Iterating Toward Openness

This is because books are what economists refer to as private goods, meaning they have two specific characteristics: they are rivalrous and excludable. In no instance did a majority of students or teachers report that the OER were of inferior quality. Adopting OER is a completely different experience.

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