Subject area	Psychology
More specific subject area	Social science “online learning”
Type of data	Tables
How data were acquired	Systematic literature review
Data format	Analyzed
Experimental factors	Literature review
Experimental features	Systematic review, higher education
Data source location	Scopus, Web of Science, Science Direct, Springer, Emerald Fulltext, Taylor & Francis, Wiley InterScience, and Ingenta Journals. The Google Scholar search engine was also used to ensure the coverage of publications in other databases.
Data accessibility	Data are with this article
Related research article	M. S. Othman, G. Tashimaimaiti, L.M. Yusuf, W.M. Al-Rahmi, End-User Perspectives on Effectiveness of Learning Performance through Massive Open Online Course (MOOCs). In International Conference of Reliable Information and Communication Technology, Springer, Cham. 2017, 699–707 [17].