Lessons from MOOCs for corporate learning

Explore what aspects of learning design can be drawn from MOOCs and applied effectively to learning in the corporate world to support the demands of today’s learners.

Lessons from MOOCs for corporate learning

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have become increasingly popular in recent years as a part of the corporate training model. The landscape for learning has been enhanced by using online courses and offer corporate learning and development opportunities for managing learning.

This report explores and investigates MOOCs; the successes of this in transforming learning, its relation to compliance training and how this can be further enhanced.

In this report, we seek to:

  • Provide information on MOOCs successes and where there is room for further growth and expansion
  • Highlight the ways they can be incorporated into learning landscapes
  • Understand how MOOCs have enhanced and transformed traditional learning approaches

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Towards Maturity

Towards Maturity

Towards Maturity was founded in 2003 with a mission to help learning professionals deliver effective learning innovation that makes a real impact.

Since joining Emerald in 2017, we've extended the reach and insight of this industry research program across the wider international learning community. Today, we serve more than 65,000 learners across more than 83 countries and counting.

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