Standardized quality in MOOC based learning

Quality in the field of e-learning and, particularly, in the field of MOOC( Massive Open Online Courses), is a topic of growing importance in both academic institutions and in the private sector as it has generally been proved that quality management can contribute to improving the performance of organizations, regardless of their object of activity. Despite the fact that there are standards relating to quality management in a general manner, professionals, academic staff, specialists and bodies felt the need for having a standardized approach of the quality in the sector of e-learning. Therefore, in the last years, in different countries quality guidelines have been developed and used for e-Learning or distance education (for example the ASTD criteria for e- Learning, the BLA Quality Mark, Quality Platform Learning by D-ELAN etc.). The current paper aims to give insights to this new form of online education provided by MOOC platforms using the specific quality standard approach.