The article presents the experience of using massive open online courses in the training of the discipline "Computer Networks" of future IT specialists. The content of the study of the discipline "Computer Networks" in different institutions of higher education in Ukraine is analyzed. It is noted that in the study of this discipline at the Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University to work independently through the platform of massive open online courses Cisco Networking Academy material of the integrated training course CCNA Routing and Switching. The description of the possibilities of using mass open online courses in the training of discipline "Computer Networks" of future IT specialists. The expediency of the use of mass open online courses in teaching the discipline of "Computer Networks" of future IT specialists through the pedagogical experiment, the results of which proved the feasibility of introducing these courses in the educational process of higher education.