The third issue of CLOUD focuses on Africa and West Asia Region, with the theme of "Back to the Basics: Quality Assurance for the Futures of Higher Education". Based on the outcome of the International Institute of Online Education (IIOE) Partnership Meeting 2021 (Africa and West Asia) and the International Institute of Online Education (IIOE) Quality Assurance 2.0 Consultation Meeting, the third issue focuses on the latest IIOE Quality Assurance 2.0 released by UNESCO-ICHEI, initiating a series of discussions around building, promoting, and supporting an ecosystem of institutions for online and blended teaching and learning (OBTL). The issue also recorded actions and experiences of IIOE's partner HEIs in Africa and West Asia to ensure continuity and quality of higher education during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as good practices of how IIOE supported partner HEIs in West Asia and Africa in online and blended higher education and digital transformation.