Editing Open educational resources (section)

===Internal discourse===
Within the open educational resources movement, the concept of OER is active.<ref>{{cite web|title=OER: Articles, Books, Presentations and Seminars|url=http://www.educause.edu/library/open-educational-resources-oer|work=EduCause.edu|publisher=Educause|access-date=23 April 2013|archive-date=24 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424081555/http://www.educause.edu/library/open-educational-resources-oer|url-status=dead}}</ref> Consider, for example, the conceptions of [[gratis versus libre]] knowledge as found in the discourse about [[MOOC|massive open online courses]], which may offer free courses but charge for end-of-course awards or course verification certificates from commercial entities.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rivard|first=Ry|title=Coursera begins to make money|url=http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/04/08/coursera-begins-make-money |publisher=Inside Higher Ed|access-date=25 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Carey|first=Kevin|title=The Brave New World of College Branding|url=http://chronicle.com/article/The-Brave-New-World-of-College/138107/|work=Chronicle.com|date=25 March 2013 |publisher=The Chronicle of Higher Education|access-date=25 April 2013}}</ref> A second example of essentially contested ideas in OER can be found in the usage of different OER logos which can be interpreted as indicating more or less allegiance to the notion of OER as a global movement.

[[Stephen Downes]] has argued that, from a [[Connectivism|connectivist]] perspective, the production of OER is ironic because "in the final analysis, we cannot produce knowledge for people. Period. The people who are benefiting from these open education resource initiatives are the people who are producing these resources."<ref>{{cite web|last=Downes|first=Stephen|title=The Role of Open Educational Resources in Personal Learning|url=https://www.evernote.com/shard/s59/sh/4f75978a-415f-4786-9132-3df5efdae7f0/a0ac2190fb9fd581c26b9fd9150f95a4|work=VI International Seminar of the UNESCO chair in e-Learning|publisher=Universitat Oberta de Catalunya|access-date=17 June 2013}}</ref>