Learning Technologies Group plc (LTG), announced today the acquisition of eThink Education, one of the largest Moodle providers in the world and a Platinum Totara Partner.
With this addition, Open LMS, a subsidiary of LTG, will bolster its credentials in the high-growth Moodle market and expand its presence in North America by joining the largest commercial provider of the Moodle open-source Learning Management System (LMS).Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Baltimore, eThink is a rapidly-growing and award-winning Moodle partner providing implementation, integration, management, and cloud-hosting services for the open-source Moodle, Moodle Workplace, and Totara learning platforms in the higher education, K-12, and corporate sectors.
With a customer retention rate of 98% over the past 13 years, the customer-centric company serves more than two million users in 22 countries.As part of the acquisition, eThink will be integrated into Open LMS.
With the integration of eThink, Open LMS is bringing together the two premiere Moodle organizations in the world to provide world-class service and scale to our clients.“The pandemic has drastically increased the need for effective online teaching and learning programs for thousands of education institutions and corporations worldwide,” said Phillip Miller, Managing Director for Open LMS.
“With the integration of eThink, which is a strong business delivering high levels of growth and profitability alongside peerless customer service, we can further support those who need a fully-functional, open-source solution to manage courses and deliver engaging content experiences at any time and anywhere.”The 39 colleagues who make up eThink will become Open LMS employees, adding to the company’s presence in North America and enhancing its focus on customer success and support.
The team will be led by Miller, with eThink’s founders, Brian Carlson and Cheryl Patsavos, joining the Open LMS leadership team as the new Head of Sales and Head of Customer Success.“Our mission at eThink has always been to provide our clients with the high-quality learning experiences and support they need in order to find learning success,” said Carlson.
According to Work Institute’s 2017 survey, 86% of companies said that their employees left the organization due to the lack of career development opportunities.
Moodle: An open-source LMS that enables educators to build their private portal of dynamic courses.
Moodle is backed by a community of developers and certified Moodle partners to guide businesses 24x7.
The platform offers online ready-made courses for internal and external learning service providers.
Device Portability: SAP Litmos provides courses on mobile, tablets, and desktops to enable learners to pick up courses at any point using the current device they have.
Blended Learning: Supports e-learning and ILT.
Learning Technologies Group plc (LTG), announced today the acquisition of eThink Education, one of the largest Moodle providers in the world and a Platinum Totara Partner.
With this addition, Open LMS, a subsidiary of LTG, will bolster its credentials in the high-growth Moodle market and expand its presence in North America by joining the largest commercial provider of the Moodle open-source Learning Management System (LMS).Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Baltimore, eThink is a rapidly-growing and award-winning Moodle partner providing implementation, integration, management, and cloud-hosting services for the open-source Moodle, Moodle Workplace, and Totara learning platforms in the higher education, K-12, and corporate sectors.
With a customer retention rate of 98% over the past 13 years, the customer-centric company serves more than two million users in 22 countries.As part of the acquisition, eThink will be integrated into Open LMS.
With the integration of eThink, Open LMS is bringing together the two premiere Moodle organizations in the world to provide world-class service and scale to our clients.“The pandemic has drastically increased the need for effective online teaching and learning programs for thousands of education institutions and corporations worldwide,” said Phillip Miller, Managing Director for Open LMS.
“With the integration of eThink, which is a strong business delivering high levels of growth and profitability alongside peerless customer service, we can further support those who need a fully-functional, open-source solution to manage courses and deliver engaging content experiences at any time and anywhere.”The 39 colleagues who make up eThink will become Open LMS employees, adding to the company’s presence in North America and enhancing its focus on customer success and support.
The team will be led by Miller, with eThink’s founders, Brian Carlson and Cheryl Patsavos, joining the Open LMS leadership team as the new Head of Sales and Head of Customer Success.“Our mission at eThink has always been to provide our clients with the high-quality learning experiences and support they need in order to find learning success,” said Carlson.
According to Work Institute’s 2017 survey, 86% of companies said that their employees left the organization due to the lack of career development opportunities.
Moodle: An open-source LMS that enables educators to build their private portal of dynamic courses.
Moodle is backed by a community of developers and certified Moodle partners to guide businesses 24x7.
The platform offers online ready-made courses for internal and external learning service providers.
Device Portability: SAP Litmos provides courses on mobile, tablets, and desktops to enable learners to pick up courses at any point using the current device they have.
Blended Learning: Supports e-learning and ILT.