{"id":355,"date":"2017-02-21T19:07:15","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T19:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/educationaltechnology.net\/?p=355"},"modified":"2018-03-07T03:52:14","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T03:52:14","slug":"free-open-source-learning-management-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educationaltechnology.net\/free-open-source-learning-management-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Free &#038; Open Source Learning Management Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a list of the very best free, and\/or open source <strong>learning management systems (LMS)<\/strong>.\u00a0A LMS is an essential tool for professionals, trainers and teachers to create <a href=\"https:\/\/educationaltechnology.net\/online-masters-educational-technology-programs\/\">online courses<\/a>. These systems can be used for various e-learning projects such as hybrid learning, online\/distance education, massive open online course (MOOC) and flipped classroom.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/learnlms.com\">Put Your Courses Online for Free<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>A LMS can be defined as\u00a0a software application for building, and delivering\u00a0educational courses. It helps teachers deliver instructional content and activities to the students. LMSs can support different types of learning: fully online, blended (hybrid) or flipped.<\/p>\n<p>See also:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/educationaltechnology.net\/open-free-educational-resources-oer-teaching-learning\/\">Free Educational Resources (OER) For Teaching and Learning<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These systems\u00a0are also known as <strong>Course Management Systems (CMS), Learning Management Systems (LMS)<\/strong>, <strong>Learning Content Management System (LCMS)<\/strong> or\u00a0<strong>Virtual Learning Environments (VLE)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Usually, these systems include\u00a0similar\u00a0features common to course management systems: document management, \u00a0gradebook, calendar, discussion, live chat, and assignment uploads.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/educationaltechnology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/elearning.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-360\" src=\"https:\/\/educationaltechnology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/elearning.jpg\" alt=\"elearning \" width=\"720\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/educationaltechnology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/elearning.jpg 720w, https:\/\/educationaltechnology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/elearning-300x108.jpg 300w, https:\/\/educationaltechnology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/elearning-500x181.jpg 500w, https:\/\/educationaltechnology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/elearning-150x54.jpg 150w, https:\/\/educationaltechnology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/elearning-400x144.jpg 400w, https:\/\/educationaltechnology.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/elearning-200x72.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Free<\/strong><\/em>:\u00a0without cost or payment<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Open source<\/strong><\/em>:\u00a0access to the source code so that you can change if you want to<\/p>\n<h2>Free &amp; Open Source LMSs<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/moodle.org\">Moodle<\/a> &gt; Free and open source. If you want to use Moodle, you\u00a0can download and install Moodle:\n<ul>\n<li>Translated in over 100 languages.<\/li>\n<li>Many themes and plugins are available\u00a0allowing Moodle users to extend the features and change the\u00a0look of the site.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sakaiproject.org\">Sakai<\/a> &gt; Free and open source.\n<ul>\n<li>Java based<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursesites.com\">Coursesites<\/a> &gt;\u00a0a free version of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackboard.com\">Blackboard Learn and Collaborate<\/a>.\n<ul>\n<li>You can create up to 5 courses for free<\/li>\n<li>Web-based<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilias.de\">ILIAS<\/a>\u00a0&gt; Open source and free,\u00a0developed at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.portal.uni-koeln.de\/uoc_home.html?&amp;L=1\">University of Cologne<\/a>.\n<ul>\n<li>Web-based<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atutor.ca\">ATutor<\/a> &gt; Open source and free\n<ul>\n<li>Web-based<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canvaslms.com\">Canvas<\/a> &gt; Open source and free.\n<ul>\n<li>You can host it yourself if you want\/can. You can access the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/instructure\/canvas-lms\">source code at GitHub<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>There is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canvaslms.com\/try-canvas\">free, web-based version<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elmsln.org\">ELMS Learning Network (ELMSLN)<\/a> &gt; Free and open source\n<ul>\n<li>A free extension for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drupal.org\">Drupal<\/a>,\u00a0a free and open source content-management framework. This means you have to download and install Drupal first.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kornukopia.com\">Kornukopia<\/a> &gt; Free,\u00a0Education Management System (EMS)\n<ul>\n<li>Web-based<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/open.edx.org\">Open edX LMS<\/a> &gt;\u00a0an well-known and open source platform for creating MOOCs.\n<ul>\n<li>Free and open source<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chamilo.org\">Chamilo LMS<\/a> &gt; Open source and free\n<ul>\n<li>Developed in Spain by\u00a0the Chamilo Association.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.claroline.net\">Claroline Connect<\/a> &gt; Free and open source\n<ul>\n<li>It is available in 35 languages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.formalms.org\">Forma Lms<\/a> &gt; Free and open source\n<ul>\n<li>Was born in 2012<\/li>\n<li>Customizable and scalable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eliademy.com\/en\">Eliademy<\/a> &gt; Free\n<ul>\n<li>Web-based<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.olat.org\">OLAT<\/a> &gt; Free and open source\n<ul>\n<li>Developed by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/en.html\">University of Z\u00fcrich<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a list of the very best free, and\/or open source learning management systems (LMS).\u00a0A LMS is an essential tool for professionals, trainers and teachers to create online courses. 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