Open Source LMS: The Free LMS that isn’t Free!
So, you’ve identified the need for an LMS in your organization and are on the lookout for one. Some smart techies in your organization might have suggested going for an Open Source LMS. Open source what..? Must have been your first reaction! You somehow would’ve digested the term and come to a conclusion that it’s just another word for a Free LMS platform. Wow! Free LMS… Praise the Lord for the ‘Open Source LMS platform’.
An open source LMS is free because you don’t have to pay a fee to own its code. That justifies the name ‘open source LMS platform’. Not that technical, isn’t it? And the best part, you may already be feeling excited about posing this ‘Free LMS’ to the management and becoming the ‘hero’ of your team.
Hold on! We are going to rain on your parade a little by giving you a deeper insight into your potential use of the open source LMS.
Deliver Online learning with Open source LMS
Open source LMSs are built in such a way that source codes are easy to fix. Without having to rely on the developer, organizations with technically skilled individuals can easily acquire the skills to troubleshoot on their own. It is created as a result of the end-users’ collective efforts. This implies that the functionalities are usually developed as a result of user discussions and suggestions. It is more user-friendly in nature and is easier to develop add-ons and integrate other open-source plug-ins without affecting core system files.
Using open source LMS like Paradiso LMS for your organization’s digital employee training program can have big benefits. Listed below are a few of them that can catch your attention:
Many companies forget to think about a range of added-value bonuses that you get from going open-source LMS platform. You can place a score value on issues such as exit costs, vendor lock-in, speed of the development process, release process, keep trach on contributing coders/companies in relation to your risk exposure and can be able to keep the code and support of interoperability standards. These are valuable attributes often over-looked by the purchaser.
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