ANALYSIS OF MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES UTILIZATION IN EDUCATIONAL PROCESS OF A UNIVERSITY BASED ON SPECIALITY «PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION»

Abstract

The article deals with the question of massive open online courses utilization in educational process of higher education institutions; the background for the courses implementation is analysed, advantages and disadvantages of their utilization to provide distant component of educational process are estimated. In the framework of the research on peculiarities of MOOCs implementation in electronic learning courses in Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University a survey was hold for students of the specialty “Pre-school education” of the second (Master’s) level, where 50 respondents, who completed massive open online courses during their study, took part. According to the result of the survey it was defined that the majority of the students (from 68% to 78% depending on the course) were completely satisfied with the format of study and consider it one of the ways for their professional development in the future. The article describes the difficulties faced by the students in the process of work with MOOCs; possible ways to overcome them were defined. Accordance of possibilities provided with massive open online courses with the requests of modern students to the ways of extracurricular learning implementation was analysed. Positive aspects of the courses utilization as a part of electronic learning courses were highlighted including motivational factor about completing corresponding MOOCs. In addition, the question of readiness of academics to use massive open online courses in their professional activities was taken into consideration. Lecturers of Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University were surveyed; the results showed that only 30% of teaching staff had previous experience of using MOOCs in educational process, however, around 80% of respondents are interested in further study and practical utilization of such resources.