Given the increasing number of students registering to MOOCs for free, course instructors who want to go beyond automated evaluation have no choice but to use peer assessment. Despite the increasing use of peer evaluation, very little is known regarding the factors that influence assessors’ engagement in the process. Based on two editions of Introduction to Project Management, the first French ...

The advent of the massive open online course promises to bring world-class education to anyone with internet access. Instructors use blended models of education to deliver course content via video, text, interactive assignments, exams, wikis, and discussion forums. Courses with largely theoretical content are readily adapted to blended models for online audiences, but significant challenges ari...

One of the striking differences between MOOCs and previous innovations in the education technology field is the unprecedented interest and involvement of the general public. As MOOCs address pressing problems in higher education and the broader educational practice, awareness of the general public debate around MOOCs is essential. Understanding the public discourse around MOOCs can provide insi...

In this paper, we investigate the determinants of certification success in massive open online courses (MOOCs) using multi-level modeling. Our model includes individual student level characteristics as well as country-level infrastructure, economy and culture-related variables. In our complete model, which contains both developing and developed countries, we observe that two country-level varia...

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are expanding the scope of online distance learning in the creation of a cross-country global learning environment. For learners worldwide, MOOCs offer a wealth of online learning resources. However, such a diversified environment makes the learning process complicated and challenging. To achieve their objectives, learners need to adapt regulation strategies ...