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The article examines the virtual trends in the global educational space. Modern society is experiencing a new technology wave based on the nano-, cyber- and other innovative technologies. One of the components of this wave is Smart-technologies, Smart-devices, Smart-resources, which are combined in the Smart-systems. Smart-technologies are changing the education system, which is manifested, in particular, in the following: the introduction of the principles of learning throughout life; usage of the latest distance learning technologies and e-learning technologies; simplification of the procedures of licensing and accreditation. Smart-education is a prerequisite for the formation and development of a Smart-society, because it is an important means of its development. The goal of Smart-education is the development of the human being as a subject of Smart-interaction as well as the formation of Smart-competence of subjects as a part of their information competencies. Many questions of functional orientation of information processes in modern education are connected in one way or another with the Smart-education, which is able to provide the highest level of education that corresponds to the challenges and opportunities of today's world; adaptation of young people to the rapidly changing conditions of the educational environment; guarantees the transition from the book content to the interactive content. Therefore, there arises an urgent need: already today it is necessary to train specialists with the skills of working in the modern Smart-society, where the totality of the experts’ use of technological innovations and the Internet leads to a new, higher level of society, particularly evident in the educational, scientific research and social results of activity. Virtual trends in education are also manifested in the fact that now there appear new high information and communication technologies, electronic services, social networks; Internet is acquiring global character, covering all spheres of vital activity of the society; there is being formed the information and communicative unity and diversity of human civilization. With the help of the means of informatization, there has become possible the access of each person to various information resources.