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The role of information in creation of the new social-economy formations and economic development model is investigated in the article; the concepts of new economics based on combination of industrial economics resources with possibilities of “knowledge-based economics” are systemized. Alternative knowledge-based economics models which correspond to understanding the concept of “new economy” and add each other are investigated: “knowledge-based economics”, “education economics”, “creative economics”, “and network economics”. The essence and key features of knowledge-based economics, education economics, creative economics and network economic are discovered. The peculiarities of the open knowledge-based economics and key concepts of the open education economics theory are investigated.