Cloud Computing: An Effective Approach for Education Sector: A Summarized Review

Abstract

Education Sector has no doubt have contributed crucially in the economic growth of the nation.Maintaining the educational infrastructure at regular intervals and spending huge amount on their establishment is at time very hectic and that too at the time of economic crisis. Since, education integrated with technology, teaching and learning are no longer confined to textbooks and classrooms. This integration turned out to be useful for various purposes.Today, learners are always connected- on or off the school grounds. Who could have ever imagined that student in one part of the world can pursue a course being taught miles away on just a click of button? One of the technologies that drive innovation for the education industry is Cloud Computing. Cloud Computing is a technology that has managed to shift the emphasis from physical resources to virtual ones. The scalability and elasticity nature of Cloud Computing has managed to win the hearts of various educational institutions. This paper deals with introduction on Cloud Computing and its contribution in Education Sector and how it managed to get this sector to next level.