Abstract
In the age of digitisation and information, open educational resources and technologies are an integral element of the learning infrastructure, ranging from podcasts to electronic libraries, textbooks and games. The purpose of this paper was to study various Internet platforms in an open educational environment designed for independent study of students. For this, the methods of analysis, synthesis, comparison, deduction, systematisation and generalisation were used. As a result of the conducted research, a wide range of Internet platforms was discovered that make the learning process interactive and interesting. It has been established that foreign resources occupy leading positions in the world, many of which can be translated into most common languages. During the study, the main platforms, their advantages and disadvantages were analysed. The obtained results indicated that educational resources are constantly developing, new ones are created, which allows each teacher to find a suitable tool for implementation in his own educational approach. The findings so far indicated that the use of these digital platforms significantly improves student engagement in the educational system and promotes the development of self-directed learning. The results of this study represented valuable information for teachers of higher educational institutions, which allows them to optimise the structuring of the student's independent work. In addition, these results can be used by developers of educational programs for flawless integration of innovative technologies into the pedagogical process. Ultimately, students themselves can benefit from this research by improving their self-directed learning strategies