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Open Source LMSs Facts and Insight

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One of the areas that always gain interest and usage are open source systems, that is to say, free open source code (some are not), to which any organization, company, educational setting, government and so forth can build their own system (often noted as home-grown) and do what they wish with it. Not open source.

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Top 8 FREE Open Source LMSs

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I already have spoke ad naseum about the pros and cons of any free open source platform, so my criteria on what I feel are the best 10 free open source systems are presented below. The reason I state “free” open source, is because “open source” itself is not necessarily free.

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Best LMS For Teaching Courses Online

Academy of Mine

It’s open source Learning Management System software so it’s constantly being upgraded and developed. It comes out of the box with a lot of great teaching tools (forums, assessment, calendar, grading, evaluation, surveys, syllabus, file storage and a lot more). Dokeos : Is another open source learning platform.

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UPDATED: Other Open Source LMS Solutions

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A list of other Open Source LMS vendors, besides Moodle. Ectolearning – Open learning environment, with collaboration tools plus LMS – for Education/academia. metacoon.net - LMS with built in authoring tools – Premise is virtual rooms contained within their system. They are not in any specific order.

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Best LMS For Teaching Courses Online

Academy of Mine

Moodle Moodle is a free open-source LMS for educators and is one of the most popular free LMSs on the market. It’s open-source, so instead of purchasing a platform that’s easy to use, you’re essentially purchasing code that has to be customized by developers. Sakai Another open-source LMS option is Sakai.

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10 Learning management system examples

Ed App

This can be either directly in the LMS through an authoring tool, or the ability to upload courses created in a third-party environment. In terms of creation, EdApp has an authoring tool that allows educators to easily make their own lessons or even import them from PowerPoint slides. LMS example #5 – ATutor. Conclusion.

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Test LMS

Clark Quinn

Probably the most interesting is: Open Source CMS - a site that has a whole bunch of open source tools installed so that you can play around with them. One is ClassRunner.com a Moodle installation that allows teachers to get up and going cheaply. You can use a free-trial and then test.

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