The answer to the question post in the title is pretty self-evident: funding, and quality issues. It takes a lot of money to host a single centralized data repository, and it's something that needs constant vetting and curation for inaccurate content, out-of-date content, and these days, AI slop. Efforts well known from the past - MERLOT and OER Commons - have faltered and now struggle with obsolescence. "Therefore," writes James Thibeault, smaller repositories, or decentralized models, that focus on certain specialties are not only more attainable, but they can also host far better OER to the public."
Today: Total: [Direct link] [Share]
