The special issue contains a monograph by O. V. Merzlikin, S. O. Semerikov, A. N. Sokolyuk, which defines the the structure, content, levels, criteria and indicators of research competencies forming in profile physics learning , the model of their forming, and the model and the technique of using cloud  technologies as a tool of high school students’ research competencies forming in profile physics learning.
For scientists, graduate students, physics teachers, professors and students of pedagogical higher educational institutions, for all who are interested in the use of cloud technology in education.