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The NPTEL has adopted the MOOC (Massive open online course) model so that students outside IIT system can also participate in learning quality content and get certified, provided they meet the assessment criteria in the exams conducted at the end of the NPTEL semesters. All courses are free to enrol and learn from.
NPTEL is a joint initiative of the IITs and IISC. NPTEL offers online courses and certifications in various fields [23] and has set up a system to provide certificate courses in different colleges across India termed as NPTEL- local chapters. [24] A local chapter will be under one faculty member of the college as one Single Point of Contact (SPOC).
The American daily newspaper The New York Times publishes multiple weekly lists ranking the best-selling books in the United States. The lists are split in three genres—fiction, nonfiction and children's books .
The list was criticized as biased towards English-language books, particularly those published by American authors. [3] Nigerian academic Ainehi Edoro criticized the lack of literature by African authors and the predominance of American literature on the list and called the list "an act of cultural erasure". [4]
Steven Levy - Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution; Douglas Thomas - Hacker Culture; Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution; Suelette Dreyfus - Underground: Hacking, Madness and Obsession on the Electronic Frontier
Many publishers have lists of best books, defined by their own criteria.This article enumerates some lists for which there are fuller articles. Among them, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (Xanadu, 1985) and Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels (Grafton, 1988) are collections of 100 short essays by a single author, David Pringle, with moderately long critical introductory chapters also by ...
The book became an instant bestseller, a National Book Award finalist, one of our Best Books of the Fall selections, and one of former president Barack Obama’s summer favorites.
Comics and textbooks are not included in this list. The books are listed according to the highest sales estimate as reported in reliable, independent sources. According to Guinness World Records, as of 1995, the Bible was the best-selling book of all time, with an estimated 5 billion copies sold and distributed. [1]