THE SIGNIFICANCE OF UNIVERSITIES AND THE RESEARCH CENTER OF ST. PETERSBURG FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONLINE EDUCATION IN RUSSIA
The article shows the most important role of online education, which can stimulate the development and obtaining of high-quality higher education throughout the country in realities of Russia, based on the priority educational opportunities of scientific institutions and universities of St. Petersburg. The necessity of the organizational unification of academic science with higher education and the creation of an independent online university as part of the St. Petersburg Academic Center is substantiated.