Prospects for the development of digital education and mass open online courses in the assessments of teachers and students

Abstract

Systemic contradictions in the mismatch of demand for education on the part of the state, society and employers are revealed. The structure of digital education, including information resources, telecommunications, management systems, is revealed. The levels of users’ access of mass open online courses taking into account the content delivery’s technology are analyzed. The data of the questionnaire survey of students and teachers about the motives of the forms of education’s choice, mastering electronic courses’ difficulties, evaluation of the forms of knowledge’s effectiveness control are presented. The typology of online courses’ users is defined. Promising directions of digital education’s formation and development in engineering universities are outlined.