Moodle and Blackboard Cut Ties - The Odd Couple call it quits | Distance Learning, mLearning, Digital Education, Technology | Scoop.it

Moodle just announced that Blackboard "will transition out of Moodle’s Certified Moodle Partner program in the coming months."

This is consequential for both Moodle and Blackboard.On the Moodle side, we have written about Moodle's financial dependence on Blackboard as a partner and how that creates some risk for the community. Since those posts, Moodle has received $6 million in outside investment. According to Moodle Pty's press release, that investment, combined with a decline in Blackboard's financial contributions to Moodle made it feasible for Moodle to break off from the partnership.