NEWS FEEDNEW YORK, New York, September 17, 2014 — Columbia University’s Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL) today launches the first of three new online courses on edX: The Civil War and Reconstruction (CWR). Eric Foner, Pulitzer-Prize-winning historian and Columbia University’s DeWitt Clinton Professor of History, teaches this three-part massive open online course (MOOC). The series is free and accessible to anyone anywhere with an Internet connection, including K-12 educators and students.
CWR Press Release: bit.ly/cwrPRESS
CWR Press Kit: bit.ly/fonerCWRpress
CWR Course Page: bit.ly/cwrMOOC
Eric Foner's The Civil War and Reconstruction in the media:
Openculture.com
History News Network
New York Book Review
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