Usage of Cloud Computing in Education

Abstract

Cloud computing is expanding in rapid pace and is being used in all business activities. Cloud adoption has always been
beneficial irrespective of the business sector in which it is used. This is due to the subscription based payment and
demand based provisioning. Optimal advantages of cloud adoption can be leveraged when the software requirement
usage is not perennial. Education is one sector which has also benefitted due to cloud adoption. Education is a field in
which the use of software is the combination of both regular and periodic usage. The periodic usage will be session or
semester based. The specialized software will be used for a period of three to four months in a year. In this scenario, rather
than purchasing perpetual licensed software, colleges can opt for cloud based usage software or platform. Even though
cloud inclusion is beneficial, it also has few demerits due to the inherent Internet based working. This paper discusses
about the prospects of cloud usage in education along with its barriers and possible solutions.