The use of ICT contributes to the improvement of educational technologies, the emergence of new forms of e-learning and information support tools, the emergence of a wide range of distance learning technologies. The article analyzes the perspective directions of the introduction of information and communication technologies in education. The influence of information technology on objects and subjects of the educational process has been determined. Highlighted ways of using IT in education contribute to the development of the educational process and improve its quality. The greatest impact on education informatization process has the Internet and is becoming more common online projects. The prospects for the development of Internet projects in education demonstrate steady growth of the e-education market in Russia and the world, and this is supported by the growing use of cloud technologies in Internet education. It may be noted the growth of the e-education market in 2011-2016 in Eastern Europe (driven by the Russian market), about 16% of market growth and 17% of the growth of the Asian market (driven by India, China and Australia). The article shows how, thanks to modern information technologies, the educational process began to make qualitatively new forms for the further development of education with the help of Internet projects.