Mooc For Russia Мировой Студент

MOOC for Russia (in Russian our project is called "Мировой Студент") is a non-profit project that aims to raise awareness about availability and benefits of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) among Russian students and train them to use new self-education tools to ready themselves for global knowledge-based economy. What are our goals- raise awareness among Russian students and educators about high-quality free online courses and the benefits one gets from using them- encourage self-education as a way for students to better prepare themselves for the new, quickly changing, knowledge-based economy- plant a mutual support network for self-educating students by connecting students with various levels of experience and educators in one self-sustaining community- provide an alternative view on education as not limited to local institutions and traditional university study programs- Expand access to modern education in social science- Enhance the curriculum of Russian university courses by helping educators incorporate the online course materials into their classes- Help Russian students become part of an international community of students who now are able to study together via MOOC- Raise attention of general public to the role of new technologies in education. Interested to get involved or find out more? Please reach out to us: tellmemore@moocrussia.org