MOOC AS SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF BLENDED LEARNING DURING MASTERY OF THE ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE “FOREIGN LANGUAGE”

Abstract

The article reveals a problem of implementing blended teaching of a foreign language to university students using subject massive open online courses. The methodical model developed, implemented in the specific educational process of NSUEM and STU, includes didactic principles and components aimed at the development the professional foreign language competence of non-linguistic university students. The author of the article formulates a program for the development of professional foreign language competence of university students using MOOCs. The presented material allows us to conclude that MOOCs can be an effective option for blended learning in the course of mastering the academic discipline “Foreign Language” by students of non-linguistic areas of study.