The Impact of Google Play Books on Enhancing E-Learning and Digital Education: A Review

Google Play Books is an online platform provided by Google inside the Google Play Store that consists of variety e-books available for download and reading on mobile devices. Google Play Books offers a wide variety of e-book genres to suit different tastes and interests. Some of them are fiction, non-fiction, mystery & thriller, children’s books, science & technology, health & wellness and education & reference. This review paper aims to study the impact of using Google Play Books on enhancing e-learning and online education. The methodology uses is a literature review study from 10 sources consisting of jurnal articles from Google Scholar and ResearchGate using three keywords which are “Google Play Book”, “E-Learning” and “Online Education”. Findings from this literature study indicate that Google Play Books positively influences e-learning and online education. It can be divided into two analyzed topic which are Enhancing Learning Process among students and Developing Digital Educational Contents made by teachers and educators.

Google Play Book, E-Book, Education

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