Abstract
MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) have become a modern concept in education and new meaningful learning environment for technology-enhanced learning, where huge numbers of users worldwide access free, online-based, open content generated by world-renowned institutions. To provide successful MOOC environments requires recognizing the learners' motivations to utilize MOOCs programs. Because of the scarcity of research on MOOCs' use for teacher's professional development, it makes use of information technologies to enhance the learning experience for teachers and students. The present study seeks to investigate acceptance and readiness towards MOOCs' use for continuing professional development besides the degree to which teachers benefit from MOOCs. A survey questionnaire based on TAM (Technology Acceptance Model) [8] is employed as a data collection instrument regarding Usefulness(U), Perceived Ease of Use (PEU), User Satisfaction and Attribute of Usability (USAU) of MOOCs in professional development. The population is senior high secondary school teachers of English from different regions of Morocco. The analysis of the results obtained from various statistical tests revealed that teachers accepted MOOCs programs for continuing professional development with an objective of developing, acquiring and consolidating the necessary insight, skills and competencies required in modern teaching for 21-century education. Most teachers attending MOOCs' programs for continuing professional development were satisfied with the results they obtained from their participation. They also reported that MOOCs programs had an unequivocal and effective impact on their professional and career development.
Highlights
MOOCs' benefits for teacher‘s professional development have been highlighted in many studies and various educational contexts worldwide
MOOCs programs can, notably, be the unique solution and possibility to obverse the traditional methods of professional development that have been received by teachers in teachers‘ training centers
MOOCs-based trainings are easy to take on and adapt to diverse cultures, languages and educational contexts. And by considering these hypotheses, MOOCs‘ uses for Moroccan teachers of English‘ continuing professional growth is explored as regards a batch of determinant variables like gender, age, teaching experience and region of work
Summary
MOOCs' benefits for teacher‘s professional development have been highlighted in many studies and various educational contexts worldwide. According to [13], MOOCs have several advantages. They can help improve teachers' practices in classroom context by exposing them to a large assortment of teaching styles, methodologies, techniques and approaches, and support their technology use for instructional purposes. Teachers‘ uses of MOOCs proved to be strong determinants of MOOCs' adoption for continuing professional development. Teacher‘s professional development itself is a newly established and developing research field in several countries. According to [11], no one fixed definition is available for teacher‘s professional development concept
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