OCW Spurs Competition

Bill Tucker at the Quick and the Ed has a new post responding to criticisms of the Obama administration’s plans to fund OER for high school and community college courses (reported by OEN). Tucker argues that the funding will not reduce competition, but increase it. From the post:

In fact, given the rigidity of the higher education market, the only way to open up the sector may be for a new entrant to create an entirely different frame of competition.