E-Learning Paradigm in Cloud Computing and Pertinent Challenges in Models Used for Cloud Deployment

The pedagogical science has improved immensely in each section of learning and education due to adoption of recent developments in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) domain. Adopting web-based tools has aided to new thrust in imparting education through remote means. The deployment of cloud network is quickly aided to all disciplines of learning and at all levels. A user can access, from any remote location, a data stored over cloud platform using their computers, tablets or smartphones, and can also make perturbations in data on need basis. The method of E-learning becomes seamless when cloud-based techniques are employed. This also helps in cost cutting and cumbersomeness of data processing as the major chunk of services is operated by third party infrastructures. Both cloud-based and conventional E-learning when combined offers a greater advantage to teachers, students and institutes albeit with a clutch that the security becomes a major issue of concern. The present review is an analysis of perks of deploying cloud-based learning and the security concerns that come with it, as observed through various studies.