With the spread of technological innovations in education, it is seen that studies on online evaluation systems that are a part of distance education have intensified in recent years. Online evaluation systems can be defined as systems where questions are transmitted to students via the internet and answers are given using mouse and keyboard. This study aims to evaluate the studies conducted on the online evaluation system with the content analysis method. In this context, between the years of 1987-2018, OPAC, Google Schollar ve YOK databases were analyzed in detail, covering a total of 86 publications and research doctoral studies. Percentage and frequency, which are among the descriptive statistical methods, were used in the analysis of the obtained data. As a result of the content analysis, it has been found that there has been an increase in the studies conducted on the online evaluation systems in recent years. In addition, in the majority of these studies, it is determined that as a main analysis method in quantitative design, generally interpretive statistics are used. Also another finding indicates that USA, Turkey and UK are the major countries, dominating in this field.

Structured Abstract: Assessment and evaluation is one of the most important part of the education. With technological improvements, in the literature, there has been a discussion about the mode of assessment or evaluation: web-based or paper-based. While there are many studies in the literature on distance education, online course design, online education program and applications, and development and promotion of online learning platform, it is seen that the studies about online evaluation are limited and not evaluated with a holistic approach. The aim of this study was to investigate the current status of the studies on online evaluations as in the literature and to examine the use of online evaluations in the field of education, especially in distance education.