In July, 2015, Moodle launched Moodle Cloud, which allows you to deploy a Moodle LMS for free without installation or hosting fees. This is great news for people that want to dive into eLearning but don't have a large budget or student base. It lets you dip your toes into creating online courses without a large time or money investment.
Reasons why Moodle created Moodle Cloud: Not everyone is tech savvy and wants and easy way to create an LMS While many pieces of Moodle are easy, installing software on a server, managing it, upgrades and maintenance aren't for everyone This is geared towards small schools, companies or entrepreneurs that have small courses with a small audience with no budget They update the software for you to the latest version which allows all the safety security patches, features and flexibility available It’s responsive out of the box It includes a free version of BigBlueButton their solution for full online conferencing, including video, audio, whiteboards and desktop sharing. What Moodle Cloud Includes: 50 users maximum 200Mb disk space But, you can host your large files with Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud or others You can host your videos with Youtube and it will automatically embed Core themes and plugins only One site per phone number In MoodleCloud the free BigBlueButton sessions are limited to 6 people, with no recordings, but we hope you’ll find this perfect for small classes and even study groups. You can add a conferencing session to your course just like any other class activity. There are ads in the footer Sign up for Moodle Cloud