Education is fundamental for personal development and therefore for the development of societies and nations. E-learning is a means of taking education even further reducing the space-temporal barriers in its access. In this process costs should be kept to a minimum. The open-source model is key to keeping costs down. This paper presents the results achieved obtained using open-source e-learning applications inside the E-LANE project. In addition of using an open-source Learning Management System and enhancing it by supporting open standards, a content production methodology has been developed. The resulting system has been deployed in real experiences throughout Latin America.