by leah, Science Exchange
Offering quality education to millions of people worldwide is profound for its potential impact on science. Open education will allow scientists to easily and quickly learn about subjects outside their field of expertise, facilitating cross-disciplinary pollination, which is known to fuel major breakthroughs. Academic scientists can also use MOOCs and Khan Academy to learn basic business skills to help transition to industry. More importantly, increasing the number of people who understand science will effectively broaden our peer base and, coupled with community labs, will facilitate the emergence of citizen science.
http://blog.scienceexchange.com/2012/12/moocs-and-khan-academy-opening-up-science-education/
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