OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGESOF DISTANCE LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION
The process of informatization takes the leading positions in various fields of modern society. The use of information technologies in the field of education allows optimizing the educational process, making it interesting and interactive for students. Modern educational technologies have created an opportunity for broad access to global educational resources and platforms, as well as the basis for the qualitative growth of the educational system and the formation of the global market for educational services. For the automation of workflows in educational institutions, various services and software products are used and at the same time modernization of the material and technical base of educational institutions is carried out. Blended learning is one of the popular forms of distance learning. It implies a combination of information technologies with a traditional class-urban activity system, where there is integration of distance learning elements in the audience. This technique suggests that students independently control the path, place time and pace of their training, which has a positive effect on their self-organization, responsibility and discipline. Thus, the article discusses the higher education system within the information space, provides a comprehensive analysis of the advantages and problems of introducing modern information technologies into the educational process.