We had a good look at the 2008 LMS survey undertaken by the E-Learning Guild and its findings in relation to Moodle LMS. It came as little surprise to us that Moodle has become the most used LMS by organizations of all sizes or that it was the most cost-effective LMS to install and customize. On-going costs of Moodle were also the lowest per user, not surprising given Moodle is Open Source and licence free.

The E-Learning Guild report (2008) found that the market share for the ten most popular LMS products used by corporations of all sizes was:

1. Moodle (18.6%)
2. Other (16.6%)
3. Developed In-House (14.8%)
4. SumTotal (14.6%)
5. Saba (12.5%
6. Blackboard (8.9%)
7. Oracle (7.9%)
8. Plateau (7.5%)
9. Learn.com (6.7%)
10. SkillSoft (6.2%)

Guild members were resoundingly positive about using an LMS and its impact on their organizations:

• 94.6% were convinced that an LMS is essential to their organization
• 95.5% believed a LMS allows people to access learning more easily
• 94.3% asserted that a LMS allowed them to distribute better learning throughout the organization

The costs of acquiring, customizing and installing an LMS per learner varied significantly by LMS.

The costs of deploying Moodle was significantly lower than any other LMS. This is primarily because Moodle is relatively easy to customize and install. Moodle scored higher on ease of customization than any other LMS. Moodle also was rated the best LMS in living up to its promises.

We are increasingly installing Moodle for organizations. These implementations range from tactical learning portals to organization wide learning management platforms.

Find out more about Kineo's Moodle LMS services.