Mechanisms for credit transfer of e-learning results within the framework of educational programs of higher education

Abstract

The evolving mechanisms of e-learning leads to new challenges for traditional institutions of higher education. Different countries adopt various mechanisms for their harmonization and integration of the MOOC to the educational process. The Russian system of higher education is distinguished by rigidity of its standards and the requirements both to the educational process and to the results of education. This had significantly complicated the implementation of the MOOC in the educational programs of Russian universities. Changes in the legislation and the adoption of a strategy for the development of the digital educational environment in the Russian Federation has provided new opportunities to Russian universities in this regard. The article is devoted to various options, mechanisms and practices for the credit transfer of e-learning by Russian universities, which were revealed during the monitoring of their legal acts placed in the open sources.