Cloud supported e-learning framework for cost effective online learning

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Published: Nov 1, 2012
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Cloud, Software as a Service, OLMS, data center, cloud security

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Vishal Kumar Raghav

Research Scholar, CMJ University, Meghalaya, India

Dr. M. K. Sharma

Associate Professor & Head MCA Program, Department of Computer Science, Amrapali Institute, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India

Abstract

Software as a Service has been with us for some time like use of email services. This is a decades old concept. Educators to provide online contents , have been using cloud hosted services to deliver education for over a decade. This paper aims to propose an online learning management system (OLMS) delivered via the cloud in form of a web application seamlessly delivered over the Internet, and accessible from anywhere in the world. It is hosted on servers at a third parties’ data center. The use of the Online Learning Management System is rented. The cost can be minimized as the software is updated frequently, and does not have to be maintained by the customer. This paper analyzed the difference ,that what a user should expect from the cloud: in terms of features, security, redundancy, scalability, automation and cost reduction .

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Vol. 4 No. 7 (2012): Journal of Advances in Science and Technology (JAST)

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