The XXIst century is the century of changes and innovations. The meaning of vocational education is transformed. Today the university education is not equivalent to a long-term prospect of life success. The labor market’s demands for professional and qualified workers are changing very quickly. The need for the human resources, capable of self-adaptation to new problems, is increasing. Education is being actively modernized (LLL, educational constructivism, educational connectivity, knowledge triangle). The philosophical and research issues of vocational education, according to the author, are cross-cultural and interdisciplinary. There is also the demand for the formation of an effective, marketable education. There are presented an analysis of the trends in education development, interaction of classical and virtual education (Coursera, Skillshare, Twitter...), and the forecasts of supply and demand in the labor market and in the educational market. An increasing role of “Startups” and “Greenfield technologies” is described.