Paper—Artifcial Intelligence System in Aid of Pedagogical Engineering for Knowledge Assessment on… Artifcial Intelligence System in Aid of Pedagogical Engineering for Knowledge Assessment on MOOC Platforms: Open EdX and Moodle https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v18i05.36589 Younes-Aziz Bachiri 1() , Hicham Mouncif 2 1 FST Beni Mellal, Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Beni Mellal, Morocco 2 Multidisciplinary Faculty, Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Beni Mellal, Morocco younes-aziz.bachiri@usms.ma Abstract—The aim of this research is to provide a novel educational model with the goal of reducing the expenses associated with manual question pro- duction and meeting the demand for a continual supply of new questions on MOOC platforms such as Moodle or Open EDX. We considered integrating machine-learning methods with natural language processing in order to increase the number and validity of assessing questions. To accomplish this, we devel- oped a system that generates multilingual questions automatically. Various kinds of evaluation were conducted with two factors in mind: evaluating MOOC learners’ competency and the similarity of the generated questions to those cre- ated by humans. The frst evaluation is based on subjective judgment by three MOOC creators, while the second is based on replies from MOOC participants on machine-generated and human-created questions. Both evaluations revealed that the machine-generated questions performed on par with the human-created questions in terms of evaluating skills and similarity. Moreover, the results demonstrate that most of the produced questions (up to 82 percent) enhance e-assessment when the new suggested technology is used. Keywords—MOOC, e-learning, automatic question generation, machine learning, multiple choice questions, natural language processing 1 Introduction Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are becoming increasingly essential in attaining the Sustainable Development Goal 4 [1]. MOOCs are free online courses that allow for limitless enrollment and unrestricted access over the web. MOOCs provide interactive learning resources using videos, quizzes, rapid feedback, and assignments. Additionally, they facilitate social engagement through forums, real-time chat, and social media. Several institutions have offered MOOCs to their students during the COVID-19 epidemic to provide uninterrupted study from home [2]. 144 http://www.i-jet.org