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53 The current market provides dozens of alternatives. Current solutions include on one side the free, open source packages (e.g. Moodle, Canvas, Sakai, TalentLMS, Google Classroom etc.) and on the other side the fee-based (either as subscription or one-time), stand- alone out-of-the-box packages (e.g. Blackboard, Brightspace, Edmodo, Paradiso etc.) Regardless of the investment, a good LMS should be user-friendly, cost-effective, and suitable for the type of organization that uses it. :+,&+ /06V $5( &2//(*(6 $1' 81,9(56,7,(6 $/5($'< 86,1* $1' :+,&+ 1(: /06V $5( 7+(< &+226,1*" According to LISTedTECH, the enterprise-wide solutions offered by BlackBoard and Moodle dominate the market for current LMS usage, the same time both competing with the newer Canvas open-source system for new implementations and new markets share (based on the number of new implementations in the past few years). Both Moodle and Canvas are powerful free solutions, but tailoring the format and the architectural settings for the organizational specific needs may require significant manpower supported by many hours of setup and programming time. On the other hand, BlackBoard is a very powerful, complex system offering all kind of out-of-box, hosted or cloud-based, customizable solutions and options both LMS and LCMS type - for on and off-line - but expensive. A good overview of the growth and distribution of the LMS systems as part of the North American academic landscape, both, from a historical perspective as well as total enrollment share is offered by E-Literate Blog (Feldstein, 2017). A well rounded, well developed LMS can help with on-boarding, training, communication, collaboration, continuing education and more. As prior mentioned, in order for the LMS package to fit a specific organization’s needs there are a few specific criteria that must be addressed, criteria that need to match all the internal needs as a whole. We will try to address those in the list presented below, based on each major category or activities as well as administration: ,QVWUXFWLRQDO 1HHGV Blended Learning e-Learning Self-Paced Interactive Courses Multimedia Virtual Classroom $VVHVVPHQW 0HWKRGV Goal Setting Training Metrics Skills Tracking Testing &RXUVH 'HYHORSPHQW )HDWXUHV Course Authoring Custom Branding (Organizational Branding) Custom Fields Custom Functionality Custom User Interface Exam Engine