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Open LMS Named Best Learning Management System in EdTech Digest’s 2025 EdTech Awards

The EdTech Awards is the world’s largest recognition program for innovators in the field of education technology.

EdTech Digest, a leading publication of insights and trends shaping digital education technology, has named Open LMS as a winning provider in the 2025 EdTech Awards. For 15 years, the U.S.-based awards program has recognized edtech vendors and innovative industry leaders shaping the future of digital education across three categories:

  • The EdTech Cool Tool Awards
  • The EdTech Leadership Awards
  • The EdTech Trendsetter Awards

Open LMS, a finalist in the 2024 awards, was named the top learning management system (LMS) solution in the EdTech Cool Tool Award category for 2025.

Th EdTech Digest Cool Tools award badge with the words Best LMS 2025 across the top of the image

David Ells, Managing Director at Open LMS, had this to say: "Open LMS’s advancement from being a 2024 finalist to a 2025 winner is a testament to our team’s dedication to continuous improvement and innovation. We strive to give our clients the best possible learning and training experiences through our open-source platform that ensures security, streamlines processes, and empowers users to succeed.”

According to EdTech Digest, the EdTech Awards spotlight “cool tools,” inspiring leaders, and innovative trendsetters across the K-12, higher education, and workforce training edtech sectors. This year’s finalists and winners were assessed based on various criteria, including:

  • Pedagogical workability
  • Efficacy and results
  • Support
  • Clarity
  • Value and potential

Victor Rivero, Editor-in-Chief at EdTech Digest, said about the award winners: “You are the innovators who see the future not as something to react to, but as something to create. Your work is making education more inclusive, accessible, and effective—breaking barriers, unlocking potential, and preparing learners for a world that is evolving faster than ever.”

The full list of 2025 winners and finalists can be found here.

About Open LMS

Open LMS is a highly configurable learning management system (LMS) that scales to your organization's goals. We help customers all over the world, from industry to higher education, by providing a familiar experience for learners, cutting-edge ecosystem tools, in-depth reporting and data, in-app authoring, learning pathways, and compliance training and reporting.

As the world’s largest commercial provider of hosting and support services for open-source Moodle™, Open LMS is supported by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and helps organizations deliver great learning experiences without complexities.

Open LMS is part of Learning Technologies Group’s award-winning group of specialist learning technology and talent management businesses. Learn more about Open LMS at www.openlms.net.

Jared Orlin
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Jared OrlinContent & Press Manager, Learning Technologies Group (LTG)

Jared is the Content and Press Manager for Learning Technologies Group’s (LTG) family of digital learning and talent management companies, which includes Open LMS. With over 22 years of experience as a writer and editor, in both print and online, Jared’s career highlights include extensive appearances on radio, including hosting his own show, and a role as deputy editor of South Africa’s largest TV publication. He now lives in Brighton, UK, where he manages LTG’s global team of content writers as well as the company’s PR efforts.

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