# The "Profit Motive" delusion and open education #edstartup #opencontent #edchat

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This piece rejects profit as a guarantee of educational quality and proposes open content, portable data, open platforms, and relationship-based services as sustainable alternatives.

Blog post · Researchity · 14 October 2012

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## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 14 October 2012
- Published in: Researchity
- Language: English

Topics: open-education, business-models, educational-technology, open-source, entrepreneurship.

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