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Why an Open Source LMS Isn’t Always the Best Option

Association eLearning

You’re shopping for an LMS and behold FREE OPEN SOURCE LMS pops up. Free and open source. Well hold the phone because if it sounds too good to be true, it’s because open source isn’t all it claims to be. What does open source mean? What does open source mean? you say excitedly.

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Top 8 FREE Open Source LMSs

eLearning 24-7

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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Pros and cons: proprietary, open-source, and cloud-based LMS

Matrix

Plus, the source code is not made available to clients, which means that customizing your internal learning portal is closer to a dream than to reality. Open-source LMS. An open-source LMS is easy to use and also customizable. An open-source LMS is built by a collaborative community.

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Forget Buying Multiple Systems – Go One with All

eLearning 24-7

HRIS can’t connect to one of the systems, it connects with others You want the systems to talk to each other – vendors claim they can do it – they can’t. Vendors love to tout Big Name companies when they make your pitch to you. Vendors who are in Google, love to mention they have Google. Absolutely.

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SCORM, AICC, xAPI – Which one do I need?

eLearning 24-7

Some vendors won’t use SCORM because it takes time to add and implement it. for a couple of years, and then a major new initiative resulted in SCORM 2004 1st edition, 2nd, 3rd, and finally 4th (it never took off in the industry, which is why if a vendor offers it, they use the 3rd edition ). Many vendors mention they have SCORM.

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What Is An LMS? Learning Management Systems Explained!

Academy of Mine

LMSs allow you to import users in bulk , and simultaneously assign them all to white-labeled training portals. Using portals, you can even separate your customers’ training into different groups based on which courses they’re taking, or however make sense to your business model. Streamline Bulk Training. Employee training.

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What Is An LMS?

Academy of Mine

LMSs allow you to import users in bulk , and simultaneously assign them all to white-labeled training portals. Using portals, you can even separate your customers’ training into different groups based on which courses they’re taking, or however make sense to your business model. Streamline Bulk Training. Employee training.