Review: Informative and useful  resource about connectivism
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 20, 2013
I found this book to be informative and useful. Everyone is talking about self-directed, autonomous and open individual learning these days. Some people even say it is possible to educate yourself well enough that you can bypass a university education. I believe that books like this, which gives us an accurate picture of how individuals participate in a MOOC environment will help us to take proper decisions. Personally, I do not feel society is prepared to honor self-directed learning gained by learning in an open access system. The final word is whether there are benefits for individuals that are independent of the university education system. In this book, the author clearly indicates that a MOOC can be a beneficial learning experience, and lead to improved economic and social opportunity. In the end, that may be the most important thing we have to consider about the phenomenon of connectivist learning: What is it really good for. I recommend this book, without reservation, because it helps our globalised society to reach workable solutions for the future of 21st century teaching and learning.