  The aim of the article is to describe the problems of personnel training that
arise in view of extension of the STEM approach to education, development of
innovative technologies, in particular, virtualization, augmented reality, the
use of ICT outsourcing in educational systems design. The object of research is
the process of formation and development of the educational and scientific
envi- ronment of educational institution. The subject of the study is the
formation and development of the cloud-based learning and research environment
for STEM education. The methods of research are: the analysis of publications
on the prob- lem, generalization of domestic and foreign experience,
theoretical analysis, sys- tem analysis, systematization and generalization of
research facts and laws for the development and design of the model of the
cloud-based learning environ- ment, substantiation of the main conclusions. The
results of the research are the next: the concepts and the model of the
cloud-based environment of STEM edu- cation is substantiated, the problems of
personnel training at the present stage are outlined.
