Ontario to Invest in Open Educational Resources

As reported in Inside Higher Ed, the Canadian province of Ontario will invest about $740,000 ($1 million Canadian) toward developing free online textbooks, the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development said. The course materials will be made available through eCampusOntario, a nonprofit that runs an online portal to the courses and programs offered by colleges and universities in the province. Also, eCampusOntario announced the launch of the Open Textbook Library, an online library of open educational resources (OER).