An e-book hub service based on a cloud platform
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Jinn-Shing Cheng, Echo Huang, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology ; Chuan-Lang Lin, Hamastar Technology Co., Ltd.
IRRODL Volume 13, Number 5, ISSN 1492-3831 Publisher: Athabasca University Press
Abstract
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.
Citation
Cheng, J.S., Huang, E. & Lin, C.L. (2012). An e-book hub service based on a cloud platform. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 13(5), 39-55. Athabasca University Press. Retrieved February 22, 2020 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/49417/.
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