How to choose a LMS Learning Management System
Are you a:
School?
Company?
Online Career Training center?
If you are a school with over 500 students your needs will be much different than a mid size corporation. If you are a small college your need will be much different than that of a larger school.
Here are a few good LMS for large schools
http://www.angellearning.com/
http://www.webct.com/webct/ (Now Blackboard)
http://www.blackboard.com
Anytime your dealing with accreditation you must be careful in selecting an LMS, I suggest you consult your accrediting institution to make sure the LMS is in alignment with your accreditation.
Here are a few good LMS for small schools and corporations
Open source:
http://moodle.org
http://www.joomlalms.com/
Here is a longer list
Larger companies do have special needs like Continuing Education Credits and SCORM compliance.
Do your homework. Remember that with time and money you can make any of these systems work. The question is do you have more time than money? Or, do you need to spend the money to save the time?