How can I practise cloud computing outside the MCA syllabus?

Cloud computing provides on-demand access to computing resources such as servers, storage and databases. MCA students can benefit from understanding virtualisation, scalability, deployment and cloud security. A good MCA study plan should leave time for both the theory behind cloud computing and regular implementation practice. This point is specifically relevant to the cloud computing aspect of MCA study. For this specific question about cloud computing, the practical takeaway is to relate the concept to your own MCA learning goal. In other words, this guidance addresses: How can I practise cloud computing outside the MCA syllabus?