Personally I don't see the benefit of a "national" open ecosystem when the problems we face are global, and at a global scale I would certainly not support the idea of a single centralized system based in the nation in question. It's also not clear that we need a 'courseware' ecosystem, which tends to favour large centralized learning institutions, though there is a useful expansion of what counts as 'courseware' in the article. But what I did like about the article was the list of goals supported by the "several distinct but interconnected movements" such as open education, open science, etc. The problem, argues Delman Larsen, is that the broader goals need to be "translated into a more tangible objective and mechanism." But different nations have different priorities (ours, for example, isn't to absorb our nearest neighbours) which leads to different mechanisms. Anyhow, Larsen is also asking for input in the CCCOER Google Group, and I recommend people engage with this.
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