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Maggie Sokolik holds a BA in Anthropology from Reed College, and an MA in Romance Linguistics and Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from UCLA. She is the author of over thirty ESL and composition textbooks. She has taught at MIT, Harvard, Texas A&M, and currently UC Berkeley, primarily in College Writing Programs, where she his the Director of College Writing Programs. Most recently, she developed and taught the MOOC course “How to Write an Essay,” through edX (http://edX.org) and in partnership with the US Department of State; this course enrolled over 130,000 students in its first year. She is the founding editor of TESL-EJ (http://tesl-ej.org), a peer-reviewed journal for ESL/EFL professionals, one of the first online journals--nearing its 20 ...more

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	How to Be a Successful MOOC Student by Maggie Sokolik (Goodreads Author), Dorothy Zemach (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Fifty Ways to Teach Grammar: Tips for ESL/EFL Teachers 3.52 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fifty Ways to Teach Writing: Tips for ESL/EFL Teachers 3.50 avg rating — 18 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Principles of Written English, Workbook 2 3.67 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fifty Ways to Practice Grammar: Tips for ESL/EFL Students (50 Ways to Practice English) 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Writing for Social Justice: Journal and Workbook 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“learning something new, challenging oneself, setting goals and achieving them should be something natural in human life, for it is only through continuous growing that progress happens. Doing the contrary is equal to getting lost. If you stop dreaming, you stop living.”
― Maggie Sokolik, How to Be a Successful MOOC Student

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“You will look like an enthusiastic child telling his parents about the new things he is learning at school, and I’m positive the experience will be unforgettable for you as it was for me.”
― Maggie Sokolik, How to Be a Successful MOOC Student

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