Two interesting report on quality for HE and Online Education:
1. Written by the Australian Agency for Accreditation, the global report gives interesting insight into the state-of-the-art of accreditation and quality for Higher education, esp. in the US, UK and Australia.

http://www.apqn.org/files/virtual_library/articles/world_issues_in_qa.pdf

2. A VALUE Framework for assessment is given by a report from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council, Bangalore, India. Very interesting, it identifies competences for higher Education.

http://www.apqn.org/files/virtual_library/articles/value-framework_for_assessment_of_hei.pdf