LMS Tools and Data Analysis Approaches

Learning management systems (LMS) are a necessary and important tool and well suited as a learning tool and activity in higher educational. Thus, the authors allege that most of the universities these days are using the LMS tools in their institute. However, each institute has different LMS tools that allow the users (management, instructors, and students) to use them for daily activity. This chapter discusses the main usefulness tools (Moodle, Blackboard, WebCT, and Sakai) and the most useful data analysis approaches (CB-SEM, PLS, GSCA, and NEUSREL) in order to clarify the advantages and disadvantages for each of them, which gives an easier decision for managements and researchers to choose the suitable LMS tool and data analysis approach for their institute and research.