Lumen Learning comparisons

Freemium#6 of 27 in Open Educational Resource Platforms

Lumen Learning is compared head-to-head with MERLOT, OER Commons and LibreTexts and more: 7 head-to-heads in Open Educational Resource Platforms, each with the specs and prices we checked.

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Lumen Learning head-to-head

• Lumen Learning vs MERLOT
• Lumen Learning vs OER Commons
• LLumen Learning vs LibreTexts
• Lumen Learning vs Curriki
• BOLumen Learning vs BCcampus Open Collection
• SLumen Learning vs SkillsCommons
• Lumen Learning vs CK-12 FlexBook 2.0

Lumen Learning vs each of them

#	Tool	Free plan	Paid from	Remix and adaptation	Publishing workflow	Download formats	Score
6	Lumen Learning	Yes		Yes		PDF, EPUB	8.7
1	MERLOT	Yes	Free	Yes	Yes	Common Cartridge, PDF, Zip, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, RTF, TXT, CSV, SAV, SCORM, website, audio, video, image	9.4
2	OER Commons	Yes	Free				9.3
3	LLibreTexts	Yes	$15/user/mo				9.2
4	Curriki	Yes	Free	Yes	Yes		9.0
5	BOBCcampus Open Collection	Yes	Free	Yes	Yes	PDF, EPUB, Microsoft Word	8.9
7	SSkillsCommons	Yes	Free	Yes	Yes	zip, imscc, doc, docx, pdf, mp4, mov, ogm, webm, flv, avi, mp3, ogg, flac, wav	8.6
8	CK-12 FlexBook 2.0	Yes	Free				8.5

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