Over the last few years, corporate learning has been impacted by an onslaught of powerful technology trends – social, mobile, cloud, big data, etc. As learning professionals, many of us have struggled to make sense of how to leverage these trends to create integrated, effective learning experiences – versus a dizzying array of disconnected technology point solutions. As learning professionals, we must shift our perspective to create learning experiences that seamlessly integrate the power of these technology trends. In effect, how can we create the next generation of blended learning solutions that deliver improved human performance and business results?

Enter the MOOC, a disruptive new technology-enabled learning experience that focuses on “opening up” academic courses to a world of learners. As we consider bold new blended learning approaches, could the MOOC learning experience be re-imagined to serve the learning needs of corporations?

We’ve polled dozens of business and learning leaders in recent months about the potential for the corporate MOOC applications. Not only have we learned a tremendous amount from these conversations, we’re already working with clients to develop MOOCs to meet their business challenges. Through our conversations and client work, we’ve developed answers to pressing questions about how the MOOC phenomenon can be applied to specific corporate learning need, such as:

• What is a corporate MOOC, and how is it different from the highly hyped academic MOOCs as well as current technology-enabled learning options?
• Which business challenges might best be addressed through the use of a corporate MOOC? Are there any market examples?
• How can you apply key MOOC design and implementation of best practices to solve your organization’s most pressing learning and development challenges?