Аннотация:The article examines the features of the organization of theeducational process in the context of digitalization, analyzes the integrationtendency of teachers' work in the practice of Russian universities, providesa comparative analysis of the practice of the Open University. This paperanalyzes the educational experience that has developed in the process ofemergency delivery of educational content to students during a pandemic.The models of mixed, purely distance and duplicate education areanalyzed. The article substantiates the idea that there is a need for theformation of criteria for the quality of education online, and, therefore, thecriteria for the quality of the organization of the educational process,including the work of teachers, are changing. This paper outlines somesteps that are being taken by Russian universities in the field of researchingtrends related to improving the digital environment as a whole, regardlessof the pandemic and other factors.