Detailed description of the development of a MOOC in the topic of statistical machine translation

Abstract

This paper describes the design, development and execution of a MOOC entitled “Approaches to Machine Translation: rule-based, statistical and hybrid”. The course is launched from the Canvas platform used by recognized European universities. The course contains video-lecture, quizzes and laboratory assignments. Evaluation is done using a virtual learning environment for computer programming and peer-to-peer strategies. This MOOC allows to introduce people from various areas to the Machine Translation theory and practice. It also allows to internationalize different tools developed at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.