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1. Introduction
Technological advances are significant in shaping legal education developments by providing and exercising various means of learning while the delivery and communication are carried out at lower costs (Zareie and Navimipour, 2016). Especially when considering developing countries, there is always a need for capacity building and scope for distance learning. With the developments in technology and the establishment of Industry 4.0, cloud computing has been in talks for modernising and improving all sectors’ establishment (Arowoiya et al., 2020; Gamil et al., 2020; Hellas et al., 2020; Riaz et al., 2017; Talatappeh and Lakzi, 2019). The educational sector benefits from such an establishment, especially in developing countries where education is affected by socio-economic and geographical constraints. In this context, Information Technology (IT)-based platforms help improve education quality.
As a successful platform, cloud computing avidly assists distance learning and provides an imperative technology for advancement in e-learning (Al-Samarraie and Saeed, 2018). Mainly three types of cloud systems exist, i.e. “Private”, “Public” and “Hybrid” (Chiregi and Navimipour, 2017). The first is exclusively used by a sole organisation that may comprise multiple consumers. The public cloud infrastructure can be openly used by the public and is usually maintained only by the provider. However, the hybrid cloud combines two or more different cloud infrastructures (private, community or public) that are distinctly exclusive individuals. However, they are tied together by either proprietary-based technology or standardisation, allowing data along with an application to be ported across several platforms (Andreadis et al., 2015). The available cloud services are categorised as “Platform as a Service” (PaaS), “Infrastructure as a Service” (IaaS) and “Software as a Service” (SaaS) (Bhaskarwar et al., 2021; Creeger, 2009; Narkhede et al., 2020; Narwane et al., 2020; Naseri and Navimipour, 2019; Souri et al., 2018). SaaS is a cloud service where the consumer can usually access software applications on the internet, which can be used for a wide range of tasks and are extensively hosted on the cloud that can be done for both organisations and individuals. PaaS usually delivers a platform alongside an environment to allow its developers to provide services and build applications produced using programming languages and tools (Zanbouri and Navimipour, 2020). This service...