The digital transformation of higher education through the quantitative accumulation of the attributes of innovative technologies leads to a qualitative change of the content of educational resources by adapting modern online resources that are widely used in foreign practice and are actively promoted in the open educational space of the Russian Federation in order to increase the effectiveness of the so-called selfregulated students' learning, motivation for studies and self-control. The use of online education technology is a modern trend for increasing the competitiveness of universities and the formation of a new generation of specialists, having knowledge, skills and competences for working in the global information infrastructure. Opportunities for open education allow to master the new resource potential in the framework of full-training and individual modular projects. The content analysis of the subject of Russian online courses has revealed a number of problems dealing with the organization of online courses: in accurate determination of the target audience, the shortage of interactivity and the lack of courses tracking. Blended learning with an increase in the share of online courses in basic disciplines can be considered the best solution for undergraduate studies.