Introduction.- Section 1 Specifics of the educational system in Russia
and Central Asian countries and prerequisites for its development.-
Chapter 1 Modern model of higher education in Russia and Central Asian
countries.- Chapter 2 The importance of higher education for human
development in Russia and Central Asian countries.- Chapter 3 The
contribution of higher education to social development and improvement
of the quality of life in Russia and Central Asian countries.- Chapter 4
The market of higher education services as a vector of economic growth
in Russia and Central Asian countries.- Chapter 5 Traditions and
innovations in the higher education system in Russia and Central Asian
countries.- Section 2 Institutional foundations for the formation and
development of digital high education and their specificity in Russia
and Central Asian countries.- Chapter 6 History of distance learning and
educational technology from the world over (and how past, existing and
very likely, future challenges will continue to manifest in different
forms).- Chapter 7 Historical account of evolution of digital
technologies in higher education in Russia and Central Asian countries.-
Chapter 8 The formation of digital education under the influence of
globalization and the peculiarities of Russia and Central Asian
countries.- Chapter 9 Pedagogical and instructional design of digital
learning design, development and delivery.- Chapter 10 Evaluation of
digital learning from the standpoint of effectiveness for the concerned
parties: universities, employers, students, and state.- Chapter 11
Governmental policies and initiatives in the specific countries towards
promoting digital education and their effectiveness.- Section 3 The rule
of thumb in the development of digital high education in Russia and
Central Asian countries.- Chapter 12 Features of the approach to the
development of digital education in Russia and Central Asian countries.-
Chapter 13 The role of economic policy in the development of digital
education in Russia and Central Asian countries.- Chapter 14
Infrastructure and technology for digital education in Russia and
Central Asian countries.- Chapter 15 The digital economy and the
information society as the basis for the development of digital
education in Russia and Central Asian countries.- Chapter 16 The
experience of distance learning in the framework of digital education in
Russia and Central Asian countries amid the COVID-19 crisis.- Section 4
Current problems of education in Russia and Central Asian countries and
opportunities to address these problems in the framework of digital high
education.- Chapter 17 Reliance of universities in Russia and Central
Asian countries on state financing and performance requirements: the
prospects for compliance with these requirements in the framework of
digital education.- Chapter 18 Universities in Russia and Central Asian
countries in global university rankings and the prospects for
strengthening their positions in the framework of digital education.-
Chapter 19 Globalization of higher education in Russia and Central Asian
countries as well as the prospects for increasing exports in the
framework of digital education.- Chapter 20 New demand for digital
personnel in a digital economy of Russia and Central Asian countries and
the prospects for the training of such personnel in the framework of
digital education amid the COVID-19 crisis.- Chapter 21 The need for the
global coverage with higher education within the concept of lifelong
learning in Russia and Central Asian countries and the benefits of
digital education.- Chapter 22 The requirement for equality of access to
higher education for all categories of the population in Russia and
Central Asian countries and compliance with it in an age of digital
education.- Section 5 Future prospects for the development of digital
high education in Russia and Central Asian countries.- Chapter 23 The
algorithm for increasing efficiency of universities in
