IPSAMOOC: Contemporary Issues in World Politics Course on Coursera

IPSA is pleased to announce a new release in the IPSAMOOC series: Contemporary Issues in World Politics, taught by İlter Turan, IPSA Past President, and Mehmet Ali Tuğtan, Assistant Professor at Istanbul Bilgi University. Previously offered on the edX platform, the course has been updated and is now also available on Coursera, the biggest MOOC platform, with 175 million registered learners in 2025.

The course has been updated with AI-supported content and videos to reflect key developments that have reshaped the international order since the end of the Cold War. Learners will explore major global issues such as the rise of China and Russia, humanitarian crises, the aftermath of the Arab Spring, global terrorism, and challenges to the global commons—including climate change, pandemics, and refugee movements.

About the IPSAMOOCs Project

In a joint venture with Federica Web Learning, the Center for Multimedia Education of the University of Naples, Federico II, IPSA offers IPSAMOOCs, a set of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) on political science meant to promote cooperative knowledge-sharing across the globe. Authored by outstanding academics from the IPSA community, the IPSAMOOC project provides access to a high-quality core curriculum for political scientists and students worldwide.

IPSAMOOC courses are available on Coursera and the edX platform. To date, 125,000 students from 190 countries have signed up for these courses. All IPSAMOOC courses are open and free of charge, allowing learners to engage with the world of political science at their own pace. For a nominal fee, a certificate is issued to learners who successfully complete the coursework and assignments.

For further information, please visit the Coursera website.