Nowadays much attention is paid to assessing the results of students` educational activities. International surveys compile the ranking and compare not only universities but also countries. Transparent results, social reports, the desire for improving the existing standards indicate the current trend towards improving the quality of education. To a great extent, the technology of online learning has become the reason for transparency and the desire for self-improvement. It is hard to imagine modern education without the use of digital technologies. These are presentations, video lectures, computer testing, electronic courses and many others. In the modern world, continuing education is growing more and more urgent.The article emphasizes the importance of using modern digital technologies in the field of education, electronic multimedia textbooks and video lessons. The features of electronic multimedia textbooks at the stage of the development of modern digital technologies are high mobility and correspondence to the model and flexibility in learning. The article presents international and Russian experience in the transformation of education, primarily through digital products and solutions, information and communication technologies. The positive and negative aspects of the use of digital technologies in the educational process are determined.