Exploring the Impact of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for EFL Teachers Professional Development: Case Study of CEG 1 Adjarra

Abstract

This paper focuses on the impact of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for EFL teachers’ professional development. This topic has been chosen due to the unawareness of EFL teachers about self-training through free of charge’s online Courses that extremely contribute to their professional development. Massive Open Online Courses have been applied to help EFL teachers enhancing their pedagogical knowledge and their daily classroom practices. Mixed Method is used. It consists in collecting information from seven (07) teachers and hundred (100) learners through questionnaires for reliable data. An experimentation had also been carried out. It involves the Experimental Group (EG) which received treatment by the attendance of Online Courses and the Control Group (CG) which did not. The outcomes of this paper have revealed that most of the entire teachers do not have any knowledge about MOOCs. This investigation presents MOOCs as one of the best means through which EFL teachers can reach a high level and improve significantly their classroom practices and reinforce their pedagogical knowledge