report: elearning products continue to rise

A new report released has found that the U.S. market for self-paced e-learning products and services in preK-12 education has increased 16.8 percent over the past five years. The total e-learning industry—which includes health care, higher education, preK-12, nonprofits, and the government—totaled $18.2 billion in 2010 and is expected to rise to $24.2 billion in 2015, according to the report.
Ambient Insight, 2011, The US Market for Self-paced eLearning Products and Services: 2010-2015 Forecast and Analysis
http://www.ambientinsight.com/Resources/Documents/Ambient_Insight_2010_2015_US_eLearningMarket_Executive_Overview.pdf

Open Education Resources study

A 2011 study finds that OER are more widely used where programmes or inititatives for open resources exist at the institutional level. The lesser the fear, insecurity or discomfort towards Open Educational Resources (OER), the higher the frequency of OER use. The report thus advocates building trust in OER in order to increase their actual usage, and building open learning architectures to transform learning.
Open Educational Quality Initiative. (2011). Beyond OER.
http://www.wsis-community.org/pg/announcements/view/59647/