Keyword: «assessment of the quality of educational programs implementation»

The relevance of the study is due to the need to ensure the quality of vocational education. The quality of network educational programs implementation as innovative forms of the educational process in higher education system is of particular importance. The analysis of articles and experience in assessing the quality of the implementation of network educational programs shows that this issue is considered quite systematically. The characteristics and features of the quality assessment of network educational programs implementation are presented, criteria and indicators are proposed, methods and diagnostic tools are justified. However, due to the need for universities to develop and implement basic vocational educational programs based on updated federal state educational standards for higher education, the methodology and procedures for assessing the quality of networked educational programs implementation in higher education need to be improved. The purpose of the article is to identify the features of the quality assessment of network-based educational programs implementation in higher education in the context of federal state educational standards requirements for higher education. To solve the problems of the research, the following methods were used: analysis of legal documents, pedagogical modeling and design; study of the universities’ experience of the local acts development concerning the implementation of network educational programs; study of the conclusions of expert groups containing information on the results of assessing the quality of network educational programs implementation. It was found that the features of assessing the quality of network educational programs implementation in higher education depend on the specifics of the network form, which provides the opportunity for students to master the educational program using the resources of several organizations, as well as the model of network educational programs chosen by the educational organization. The results of the research may be used for the development of local acts by universities, regulating the implementation of network educational programs; they can help universities determine the ways of improving interaction with organizations which resources may be used to increase the quality of vocational education.