Experience of creating a bilingual e-learning course in Moodle system for Kazan (Volga region) Federal University’s students is discussed in the article. The aim of this paper to analyze the efficiency of mastering of a distance course on the basis of students' participation in projects online international open laboratory. Authors created the course "Social transformations in the transition economies countries" for masters (master's program «Economic geography and spatial development”).The paper examines the impact of the use of a series of educational technologies (cases, webinars, workshops, business and intellectual games) on the level of development of educational material. The opening and final testing of students allows for a comprehensive education monitoring. Among the key results of the analysis of the functioning of Online International Student Open Lab «Transformers»: a) online open lab significantly expanded the geography of student audience (Russia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands etc.); b) webinars conducted under lab enhanced the capabilities of teachers and student’s communication, not only KFU, but also from other universities; c) the course of bilingual professional can significantly expand the conceptual apparatus of the students (in Russian and English); g) simulation games allow scientific modeling in the field of social transformations as part of the laboratory was created.

Keywords: distance learning course; Moodle; social transformation; transition countries