APPROACHES TO AUTOMATIC CHECKING OF PRACTICAL ASSIGNMENTS IN MOOCS AND ONLINE LEARNING

Abstract

One of the most important components of distance learning for software developers
is
practice. For effective learning and scaling, an instructor needs to check student’s code automatically.
This paper presents an actual overview of the present state of online e-learning
platforms, Massive
Open Online Courses (MOOCs), and other online learning services and solutions with automatic
checking of students’ practical assignments. It also provides an extensive theoretical
framework for
automatic compilation, code validation, architecture, scalability, and fault tolerance.