Comparison of e-Learning Management Systems

This paper provides comparative analysis of ten types of e-Learning Management Systems (LMS) established on the market. We recognize four LMS types: (1) proprietary LMS, (2) mainly proprietary and partly standard based LMS, (3) mainly standard based LMS and partly proprietary LMS and (4) open architecture LMS. The analysis shows that “standard/proprietary” systems lead e-Learning market at present, which testifies that standards faithfully reflect users’ requirements, so even established companies should accept standards as start-point for future LMS development. Open source systems also seem to have perspective, especially those supported by large corporations and well developed communities of users, and they might be respectable competitors to expensive proprietary ones. Key-Words: Learning Management System, LMS categories, LMS tools and features, e-Learning