Carrying out the assessment of a quality of virtual education programmes implies applying an assessment model specific to this type of programmes. The aim of this paper is to present the results of the design of the applicative model for the assessment of the quality of education online programmes. The starting point of the design of the model was a bibliographical-documental analysis of the elements of online education programmes, as well as a critical analysis of the standards, models and tools created in order to evaluate the quality of online education. Based on the results of the said analysis, a model was created, composed of two variables, fourteen dimensions and one hundred eleven indicators which allow to assess the three stages the program goes through (initial, processual and final). The model was subject to validation by twenty-three international online education experts. The model provides guidance for the persons in charge of the online programme in order for them to carry out a more comprehensive assessment of its quality. It can also be used by the designers of online programmes and by supervisors of the quality of higher education.