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The technical core of an e-leaning project is the LMS (Learning Management System) that is being used. This chapter reviews several e-learning platforms and discusses the importance of open source e-learning platforms and analyzes the total costs of implementation/educational output ratio. The result of the assessment shows that the open platform Moodle outperforms the majority of other platforms and it is used in a wide variety of e-learning projects at different academic levels, both college and university. Finally, we describe a Moodle LMS case study, the eCNDS (Computer Network and Distributed Systems E-Laboratory) at The Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications from Technical University “Gheorghe Asachi” of Iasi.
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Mihailescu, E. (2009). An Overview of Open Projects in Contemporary E-Learning: A Moodle Case Study. In: Teodorescu, HN., Watada, J., Jain, L.C. (eds) Intelligent Systems and Technologies. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 217. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01885-5_15
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