Like any emerging industry, e-learning brings new trends and changes that lead to further improvements in this area. "E" of the term e-learning is not necessarily "electronic" but must be associated with concepts such as evolution, expansion, development. The universities, even the non-technical ones, are increasingly using e-learning platforms. There are many advantages of e-learning platforms, but also disadvantages. This paper presents a study based on a questionnaire completed by 200 respondents. The target group were the non-technical universities in Romania, the research theme was about different aspects of e-learning platforms used in non-technical universities from Romania. The data obtained from research were analysed, also the paper proposes some directions for the development of the actual e-learning system in order to grow the performance of the educational act. The article ends with some final issues, based on the study results.