The paper takes up one of the least researched areas in Pakistan i.e. the role of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for professional development in general and the capacity building of English teachers in particular. Although MOOCs are getting popular in Pakistan, the majority is still unaware of the concept especially those who teach in traditional face-to-face mode. As many second language University teachers have not attended any MOOCs, convenience sampling was used for data collection. Only 32 respondents completed the questionnaire. The reliability of the questionnaire on Cronbach alpha was 0.83. The results show that the number of Pakistani English teachers responding to the survey who attended MOOCs either partially or completely, was very low. Therefore, of course, the number of MOOCs attended by each was also very low. However, whoever attended and whichever MOOCs were attended, the teachers found them quite beneficial for their overall professional development, be it language improvement or teaching skill set development. The researcher recommends the use of MOOCs in classrooms which is only possible if more English Language Teaching MOOCs are available and teachers attend a variety of MOOCs. The researcher also highlights the need to develop Pakistani MOOCs with a national flavour.

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MOOC在巴基斯坦英语教师专业发展中的作用

该论文占据了巴基斯坦研究最少的领域之一，即大规模公开在线课程（MOOC）在总体上促进专业发展的作用，尤其是英语教师的能力建设。尽管MOOC在巴基斯坦越来越受欢迎，但大多数人仍未意识到这一概念，特别是那些以传统面对面教学的人。由于许多第二语言大学的教师没有参加过任何MOOC，因此使用了便利抽样进行数据收集。只有32位受访者填写了问卷。Cronbach alpha问卷的信度为0.83。结果表明，接受调查的巴基斯坦英语教师部分或全部参加了MOOC的人数非常少。因此，当然，每个人参加的MOOC的数量也很少。然而，无论参加了哪个课程，无论参加了哪个MOOC，老师都发现他们对他们的整体专业发展非常有益，无论是语言改进还是教学技能的发展。研究人员建议在教室中使用MOOC，这只有在有更多英语教学MOOC且教师参加各种MOOC的情况下才有可能。研究人员还强调，有必要开发具有民族风味的巴基斯坦MOOC。