Foreign experience of distance education

The article is devoted to the problems related to new aspects of the modern educational process, namely distance learning, which arose in response to changing needs and requirements of society. With the growing opportunities for the use of information technology, distance educa-tion enters a completely new period of development. There is also a new form of education for Ukraine called e-learning. This imposes new requirements on all participants in the educational process, implemented in a new form. The aim of the article is not only to acquaint with the history and current state of distance education, but also to draw attention to the advantages and disadvantages of this form of education, taking into account the development of modern information and communication technologies. The article summariz-es practical information about the forms of distance education, its history, opportunities and risks of application in the education sys-tem of the Slovak Republic, the Czech Republic and Ukraine.