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How to find ebooks

An ebook is an electronic document containing a book. Ebooks are very popular nowadays. People prefer using ebooks to using printed books because it is very easy to obtain an ebook. All you will need is an internet connection and a home PC or laptop. Most ebooks are offered in special reader softwares. Some of these are free-to-use softwares available from their company websites.

There are thousands of ebooks that are offered for free on several websites. These websites are able to do so because the copyright of these books have expired. Usually these websites contain all categories of books ranging from classics to children’s comics.
Some websites lend books to its members just like libraries. Members can also purchase them here, sometimes on discount. They are alerted by these websites through e-newsletters whenever their favorite authors publish new e-books.
There are some websites that sell ebooks in multiple formats as most specialized readers are able to use ebooks in certain particular formats. They don’t require you to joins clubs or become their member.

Another place to find ebooks is the websites of authors. Here you will find links to the websites of their publishers who offer these ebooks directly on their websites. To do this you must research the author as well as the publisher.
Some local libraries also lend ebooks. With an e-library card you can easily gain access to the e-book collection of these libraries. Just visit their website and browse through the several categories of ebooks until you find one that you like.
There are some websites that simply allow you to download ebooks for free! They don’t charge you anything at all. And with a free FTP software like File Zilla you can download batches of these quickly and easily.  Simply type ‘free download ebook’ on the search bar of your browser and hit Enter. Your search engine will provide a list of such sites in the search result.

How to find ebooks

Online education might have become very popular over the years. However, there is one aspect or area of education which continues to remain muddled. Examining students in a reliable and trustworthy manner is still evolving in online education courses. Traditional methods of examining students do not work online. Hence, it remains tough to determine whether the student
- Has assimilated required information
- Can be considered qualified and skilled
- Possess the skills that any person who has completed the course is reasonably expected to possess.

Examinations provide an opportunity for the teacher to test whether the student
- Has acquired the necessary knowledge
- Has understood essential concepts and
- Is in a position to reproduce the same by means of random and time bound tests

Examinations test memory, writing skills, comprehension, expression and other qualities all at once. Conducting examinations on the internet is easy provided question papers are set in objective format. On the other hand, essay type questions and other such examinations cannot be conducted on the internet.

Writing essays on the internet will require fast typing skills. Unlike handwriting, which requires nothing more than a pen or any writing instrument, good typing speed requires access to computers and lots of practice. This means that a student who cannot afford a personal computer will obviously suffer from a disadvantage a compared to those who are better off.

This may seem like a minor issue but it affects equality of opportunity that the current examination system offers. In such a scenario, it is obvious that the online education system will not enjoy wide acceptance until this issue is addressed.

Typing skills apart, online exams pose any difficulties with regard to maintaining the sanctity of examinations. What is the guarantee that the student writing the test is not cheating by relying on online resources simultaneously? Personal vigilance over a hundred students is easy when they are present in a single room. However, vigilance through a hundred computer screens will not be easy.