An e-book hub service based on a cloud platform

Due to the constant performance upgrades and regular price reductions of mobile devices in recent years, users are able to take advantage of the various  devices to obtain digital content regardless of the limitations of time and place. The increasing use of e-books has stimulated new e-learning app...

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Autores principales: Jinn-Shing Cheng, Echo Huang, Chuan-Lang Lin
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Publicado: Athabasca University Press 2012
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:e95b307d810c4c4eb093a3cf2d8f11122021-12-02T19:20:49ZAn e-book hub service based on a cloud platform10.19173/irrodl.v13i5.12511492-3831https://doaj.org/article/e95b307d810c4c4eb093a3cf2d8f11122012-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1251https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831Due to the constant performance upgrades and regular price reductions of mobile devices in recent years, users are able to take advantage of the various  devices to obtain digital content regardless of the limitations of time and place. The increasing use of e-books has stimulated new e-learning approaches. This research project developed an e-book hub service on a cloud computing platform in order to overcome the limitations of computing capability and storage capacity that are inherent in many mobile devices. The e-book hub service also allows users to automatically adjust the rendering of multimedia pages at different resolutions on terminal units such as smartphones, tablets, PCs, and so forth. We implemented an e-book hub service on OpenStack, which is a free and open-source cloud computing platform supported by multiple large firms. The OpenStack platform provides a large-scale distributed computing environment that allows users to build their own cloud systems in a public, private, or hybrid environment. Our e-book hub system offers content providers an easy-to-use cloud computing service with unlimited storage capacity, fluent playback, high usability and scalability, and high security characteristics to produce, convert, and manage their e-books. The integration of information and communication technologies has led the traditional publishing industry to new horizons with abundant digital content publications. Results from this study may help content providers create a new service model with increased profitability and enable mobile device users to easily get digital content, thereby achieving the goal of e-learning. Jinn-Shing ChengEcho HuangChuan-Lang LinAthabasca University PressarticleE-learningCloud ComputingE-book HubDigital contentSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 13, Iss 5 (2012)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic E-learning
Cloud Computing
E-book Hub
Digital content
Special aspects of education
LC8-6691
spellingShingle E-learning
Cloud Computing
E-book Hub
Digital content
Special aspects of education
LC8-6691
Jinn-Shing Cheng
Echo Huang
Chuan-Lang Lin
An e-book hub service based on a cloud platform
description Due to the constant performance upgrades and regular price reductions of mobile devices in recent years, users are able to take advantage of the various  devices to obtain digital content regardless of the limitations of time and place. The increasing use of e-books has stimulated new e-learning approaches. This research project developed an e-book hub service on a cloud computing platform in order to overcome the limitations of computing capability and storage capacity that are inherent in many mobile devices. The e-book hub service also allows users to automatically adjust the rendering of multimedia pages at different resolutions on terminal units such as smartphones, tablets, PCs, and so forth. We implemented an e-book hub service on OpenStack, which is a free and open-source cloud computing platform supported by multiple large firms. The OpenStack platform provides a large-scale distributed computing environment that allows users to build their own cloud systems in a public, private, or hybrid environment. Our e-book hub system offers content providers an easy-to-use cloud computing service with unlimited storage capacity, fluent playback, high usability and scalability, and high security characteristics to produce, convert, and manage their e-books. The integration of information and communication technologies has led the traditional publishing industry to new horizons with abundant digital content publications. Results from this study may help content providers create a new service model with increased profitability and enable mobile device users to easily get digital content, thereby achieving the goal of e-learning.
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