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2008 Shaheen E. Lakhan and Kavita Jhunjhunwala. The text of this
article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike
3.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/).
EDUCAUSE Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 2 (April–June 2008)
Open Source Software in Education
Academia has adopted open source software for
some online learning initiatives because it addresses persistent
technical challenges
Educational institutions have rushed to put their academic resources
and services online, bringing the global community onto a common
platform and awakening the interest of investors. Despite continuing
technical challenges, online education shows great promise. Open source
software offers one approach to addressing the technical problems in
providing optimal delivery of online learning.
Open source refers to both the concept and practice of making program source code openly available. Users and developers have access to the core designing functionalities that enable them to modify or add features to the source code and redistribute it. Extensive collaboration and circulation are central to the open source movement. Many features distinguish open source software from closed or proprietary software. The Open Source Initiative (OSI) has set a standard—the "open source definition"—by which software qualifies for an open source license.1 The software must meet the following criteria:
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