Although e-learning has become mainstream in most higher education institutions, it is still not included in many quality assurance systems. To address this need, the E-xcellence Next consortium, led by EADTU, has recently published an updated version of its E-xcellence manual 'Quality assessment for e-learning: a benchmarking approach'. www.eadtu.eu/e-xcellencelabel www.eadtu.eu/e-xcellencenext