Research background: Active development of information technology and globalization have made the digital economy an integral part of global and national economic systems. A key factor in the success of globalization processes is the availability of highly qualified personnel in sufficient volumes and relevant jobs, as well as a training system for specialists with certain competencies for the development and implementation of digital technologies.
Purpose of the article: development of guidelines for innovative management of regional human capital formation in the global economy. To achieve this goal, the following tasks were solved: to identify the impact of quality education on the development of human capital; to evaluate the effectiveness of higher education institutions as one of the fundamental factors in the formation of human capital in a region in the process of globalization; to develop a methodology for the formation and improvement of human capital by modernizing the distance education system.
Methods: dialectic, abstraction, analysis, induction, modeling, as well as statistical methods, comparison method.
Findings & Value added: As a result of this study, an idea has been formed on the impact of quality education on the development of human capital; the analysis of the activities of higher education institutions as one of the factors in the formation and development of human capital in the region; a methodology has been developed for the formation and improvement of human capital by modernizing the distance education system.