Pearson announces Project Blue Sky: A cloud-based, content service that breaks through to Open Educational Resources

"Pearson today [November 5, 2012] announced Project Blue Sky, a cloud-based, content service that provides instructors with easy access to Open Educational Resources (OER). Pearson is partnering with Silicon Valley non-profit Gooru, a search engine for learning materials, and will leverage Gooru’s powerful search capabilities to build applications that seamlessly integrate high-quality learning resources on the web, including OER, with instructor-created and Pearson content. Faculty will also have the ability to publish their customized digital course content within multiple types of learning management systems, including Pearson’s OpenClass and LearningStudio...."