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School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

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16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

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Cornell University

 

AMERICAN CAPITALISM: A HISTORY  [free MOOC]

https://www.edx.org/course/cornellx/cornellx-hist1514x-american-capitalism-1307

 

Examine how economic development fueled the United States’ evolution from 13 backwater colonies to a global power.

 

Register free at

https://courses.edx.org/register?course_id=CornellX/HIST1514x/1T2014&enrollment_action=enroll

 

 

See INTRODUCTORY VIDEO

http://www.youtube.com/embed/KP6z7f4kSNE?autoplay=1&rel=0

 

 

ILR School/Cornell University

 

Press Release 8 January 2014

AMERICAN CAPITALISM "MOOC"

Hyman co-teaching one of Cornell's first massive open online courses

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/news/HymanMOOC_1814.html

 

ILR Associate Professor Louis Hyman and Associate Professor Ed Baptist of Cornell's Department of History Teaching will launch "American Capitalism: A History" in a "MOOC" format this semester.

It will be one of Cornell's first tuition-free massive open online courses—otherwise referred to as MOOCs. Three others will also be launched this semester.

"American Capitalism" will cover:

·         Work (slavery, wage labor)

·         Business (entrepreneurship, the corporation)

·         Consumption (retail, shopping)

·         Finance (markets, institutions, power)

"American Capitalism: A History" begins March 17. MOOCs are open to the public; individuals can audit Cornell MOOCs offered this semester without commitment and still access lectures, assignments and tests.

Information on Cornell MOOCs and free registration is available at https://www.edx.org/school/cornellx.z

 

 

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