Table 1.

The aim of the massive open online course evaluations for the included studies.

Evaluation aim focus, subcategories		Studies	Number of studies
Learner
	Learner expectations	[23,38,39]	3
	Learner characteristics and behavior	[22,23,27,28,30-32,38,39,40-46]	16
	Learner engagement	[27,34,43,45]	4
	Participation or completion rates	[24,30,34,42,44,45]	6
	Learner satisfaction	[20,47]	2
	Peer interaction	[25,43,46,48]	4
	Learning outcomes and experience	[21-26,31,33,35,37,39-41,43,44,46-50]	20
	Knowledge retention	[22]	1
Teaching
	Pedagogical practices	[36,37]	2
MOOCa
	Comparison with other learning platforms	[20,22,26,38]	4
	MOOC content and structure	[48]	1
	Implementation of MOOC	[29,31,33,49,52]	5
	Sustainability of MOOC	[49]	1

^aMOOC: massive open online course.