Review of learning management systems: history, types, advantages, and challenges

Fahad Taha Al-Dhief (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Communication Engineering. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM))
Ali Al Nasser (College of Business Management and Accounting, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN))
Shafazawana Mohamed Tharikh (College of Business Management and Accounting, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN))
Hassan Al Nasser (Institute of Economics, MATE University, Páter Károly u. 1)
Ali Abdul Ghaffar Al-Mosleh (Faculty of Computing, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)
Musatafa Abbas Abbood Albadr (College of Industrial Management of Oil and Gas, Basrah University for Oil and Gas)
Majid Razaq Mohamed Alsemawi (College of Information Technology, Imam Ja’afar Al‐Sadiq University)

Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Vol 33, No 1: January 2024

As technological advancements continue in the higher education domain, the systems of higher learning management in universities and institutions have witnessed significant attention from researchers and developers. The technologies of these systems can present extremely useful tools and provide many advantages to enhance learning and increase the students’ performance. However, there are some issues and challenges that face these systems and need to be highlighted. Moreover, there is a need to review the advantages of such systems in order to motivate other countries to adopt, use, and develop the learning systems. Therefore, this paper gives an overview of the learning management systems (LMSs) in universities and institutes. Furthermore, it presents the history of LMSs, usages, systems types, advantages, challenges and issues.