By Nick DeSantis, Chronicle of Higher Ed
Open-education efforts like the free lecture materials at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and producing free online textbooks are relatively new, and advocates face questions about how to pay for such projects and how to maintain their quality. A panel of higher-education experts gathered on Tuesday to discuss those issues and the future of the movement. Earlier in the day, Rice University announced that its open-education platform, Connexions, would soon offer free online textbooks for five popular courses.
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/panel-ponders-future-of-open-education-resources/35269
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