Abstract
The article discusses the practical aspects of implementing e-learning technologies as a factor of various types of motivation for students in the higher education system. It shows acute problems of nowadays distance learning and the importance of motivation in the condition of distance learning. Distance learning - a wide range of educational services in which students learn from a distance, rather than being located in the classroom. It solves problems that traditional training can not solve, it is, first of all: strengthening the active role of students in their own education; the use of available educational resources; increase motivation to learn; use of interactive forms of classes; strengthening the creative component of education; availability of conditions for self-expression; saturation and intensity of training; the possibility of obtaining an expert opinion on the results of their training activities without wide publicity