Development Concept: North America's Instructional Commodities

In North America many universities have adopted entrepreneurial practices. They act not only as business partners, but also as businesses themselves. They developed profit-making activities through university resources, faculty and student labor. For instance, they conducted paid research, primarily commoditizing university research resources. The marketization model was also used to sell courses and instructional materials to potentially anyone in the world. This was done by developing online courses and internet-based learning modules.