In the conditions of adaptive quarantine caused by COVID- 19, when there was an urgent need to move to online learning of all educational institutions in the country, the organization of distance learning has become a real challenge for Ukrainian education. Forced distance learning has given higher education institutions the daunting task of organizing learning when the teacher cannot be around and when traditional ways of presenting information and assessing knowledge are not available. The need for active use of the opportunities of the virtual environment, a wide range of modern innovative learning models, including distance learning, has become urgent. However, the implementation of a distance approach provides a number of advantages: the ability to learn anytime, anywhere, without separation from the main activity, at your own pace; availability of educational materials; mobility; individual approach. Such innovations not only create comfortable conditions for learning, they help to solve the problem of saving money, combining work and study by students. Distance learning provides an opportunity to reach a much larger audience of students, creates conditions for the effective use of educational space and technical means, which leads to a much higher profitability compared to traditional. These advantages confirm the relevance of the introduction of distance learning in the domestic system of higher education. The main purpose of distance education is to provide equal access and equal educational opportunities to the population in any part of the country through information and telecommunications, as well as improving the quality of education through more active use of scientific and educational potential of leading universities, academies, institutes, research centers and other educational institutions