Blackboard acquires UK-based education company

Just weeks after completing its acquisition of educational content management company Schoolwires, District-based Blackboard Inc. has acquired Remote-Learner UK, an online educational hosting and consulting company based in London.

It is Blackboard’s latest investment in open-source solutions since it acquired Moodlerooms and NetSpot in 2012.

Remote-Learner’s customers are mostly in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It offers enrollment management tools, notifications, reports and analytics,…