Open Source Moodle Alternatives
Moodle is described as 'open source tool for creating online dynamic web sites for their students. To work, it needs to be installed on a web server somewhere, either on one of your own computers or one at a web hosting company'. There are more than 100 alternatives to Moodle for various platforms. The most liked alternative is Open edX, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Moodle are Chamilo (Free, Open Source), Oppia (Free, Open Source), SWAD (Free, Open Source) and Instructure Canvas (Free, Open Source).
- Open edX software is the open-source platform that powers edX and 1000s of other online education sites around the world.
- Chamilo is an open-source (under GNU/GPL licensing) e-learning and content management system, aimed at improving access to education and knowledge globally. It is backed up by the Chamilo Association, an international ONG based in Europe.
- Free • Open Source
- Self-Hosted
- PHP
Chamilo LMS is also an open source e-learning platform more easy to use than Moodle and accessible for people with vision disabilities.More easy to use ! More efficient ! aPossible to create complex eLearning scenarios with so many options, but also without deeper knowledge there are good results. - Oppia is a free, open-source learning platform. Full of interactive activities called 'explorations', Oppia helps curious minds learn and teach.
- SWAD (Shared Workspace At a Distance) is a free-software, fast and efficient Learning Management System (LMS) for distance learning and teaching management.
- Canvas is the new, open source learning management system that's revolutionizing the way we educate. Easy to learn, easy to use.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Linux
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- OLAT (Online Learning And Training) offers a flexible online course system along with extensive features to guarantee learning and teaching independent of time and place.No screenshots yet
- Free • Open Source
- Online
- OpenOLAT is a web-based e-learning platform for teaching, learning, assessment and communication, an LMS, a learning management system. OpenOLAT impresses with its simple and intuitive operation.
- ATutor is an Open Source Web-based Learning Management System (LMS) used to develop and deliver online courses.
- Free • Open Source
- Online
Easier to set up, it seems. Test will be to see if that is true.... - Forma Lms is an open-source, web-based elearning platform (Learning Management System - LMS), used to manage and deliver online training courses.