%0	Book Section
%A	Waks, Leonard J.
%B	The Evolution and Evaluation of Massive Open Online Courses: MOOCs in Motion
%B	The Evolution and Evaluation of Massive Open Online Courses: MOOCs in Motion
%B	The Evolution and Evaluation of Massive Open Online Courses: MOOCs in Motion
%C	New York, United States, North America
%D	2016
%I	Palgrave Macmillan US
%K	educational benefits
%K	educational value
%P	1-10
%R	10.1057/978-1-349-85204-8_1
%T	MOOCs and educational value
%U	https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-85204-8_1
%X	The term 'educational value' may be used to refer to several distinct kinds of value, which fit together in a complex pattern. This chapter reviews the most important kinds of value and then constructs a conception of educational value suitable for assessing the value of MOOCs as educational instruments. The key kinds of value of enduring importance in education are technical value – being good at various intellectual and practical arts, and use value – being good for some end. One subspecies of use value – beneficiality or being good for the good of a being – is of particular importance. Good education conduces to technical goodness that benefits learners. The book then addresses the twin questions: can MOOCs contribute to goodness at intellectual and practical arts, and are MOOCs beneficial – in the broadest sense – for learners?
%8	10/2016
%@	978-1-349-85204-8
%*	does not apply