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So you want to create an online class independent of a school

Bryan Alexander

So I started asking around, bugging individuals and querying social media. Moodle – the popular LMS/VLE takes some backend skills to install and host, but can also be accessed from hosting services like MoodleCloud. Sakai – this academic LMS also appears in at least one group’s paid hosting options.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” UC Davis suffered a week-long LMS outage , and lots of folks had to weigh in with their thoughts on what this meant about Sakai , running one’s own infrastructure , and open source. Udemy, which offers a marketplace for online classes, has raised $173 million total. “The end is near,” as Buzzfeed put it. .”