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Stephen Downes

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This is very nice. "British Columbia is set to become the first province in Canada to offer students free online, open textbooks for the 40 most popular post-secondary courses." I had thought Ontario was going to lead here, but they're still buying $180 art books from Pearson that have no art in them. B.C. is also the home of the Free Learning website. Pearson, meanwhile, is using its revenues from blank universe books to buy out the e-learning industry - or at least a part of it (today) for $650 mil.Meanwhile, read Katie Ash for more on the Open Education conference currently happening in B.C.

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