Scheherazade and OCW

David Wiley has a new post on the need for multiple OCW/OER covering the same subject. Wiley uses the analogy of an awful recording of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, and compares that to OCW which doesn’t suit everyone’s taste. From the article:

For a number of years there has been an opinion among some in the OCW community that we need (only) one really excellent open version of each of the high enrolling GE courses like English 101. My experience in the car reminded me why several different versions of open courses are necessary.

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