Moodle

Moodle is a Perth-based software company that has developed an open source, online course management system that has more than 300 million registered users at universities, colleges and businesses globally.

Founded by former Curtin University staffer Martin Dougiamas in 2001, Moodle works with an international network of about 100 partners who support software development and assist users implement the software. The certified partners give 10 per cent of their revenue to the parent company, known as MoodleHQ, which employs around 35 people (with about two-thirds in Perth). They work with more than 200 active developers in the Moodle community globally.

Users of Moodle software include The Open University, Cisco, Mazda, Monash University, Australian National University, Cambridge University, BP, Shell, Allianz, Novell and Microsoft.

In August 2021, Moodle acquired three of its US-based partners (My Learning Consultants, Moonami Learning Solutions, and Elearning Experts) and merged them to form one company, Moodle US.