MODERN TRENDS OF E-LEARNING
The increasing value of time and the development of technical capabilities make on-line education more and more popular and accessible. The goals of e-learning are: introduction of the up-to-date educational technologies into the learning process and creation, modern educational media; stimulation of independent work of students, guided by teachers; gradual transition from reproductive education to creative. The key modern trends of e-learning are: micro-learning; visualization; interactive training programs; cross-platform; virtual and augmented reality; "personalization". The negative aspects of on-line communication are also noted: the absence of a live contact between a teacher and a student; lack of live communication between learners; high labor input at the first stage of creating of training courses for distance learning; impossibility of 100 % control over the knowledge of students.