CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN AND FOREIGN EDUCATIONAL ONLINE-COURSES: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
Interest in the massive open online-course as a new resource for distance learning is due to the rapid development of information and communication technologies within the framework of education. This work observes the results of monitoring local and foreign providers of massive open online-courses in order to identify the extent of their spread in the world and courses’ theme trends. A more detailed analysis of MOOCs dedicated to teaching foreign languages reveals their diversity and number on the leading online-courses platforms. The analysis of these courses in terms of their intercultural orientation allowed identifying the intercultural online-courses representation on local and English-speaking countries’ education market. The article shows a promising way for designing a MOOC.