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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Please join us tomorrow (Thursday) at Lamont Library where <a href="http://www.edtechresearcher.com/">Justin Reich</a> will present “Motivation and MOOCs: How Student Expectations Shape Learning in Open Online Settings.” </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">As a HarvardX Research Fellow for Harvard University, Justin is on the front lines of understanding how students use MOOCs.</font></div>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2">In this talk, he will share cutting edge research on student motivation and MOOCs. This work has recently been accepted for journal publication and includes findings based on the first ten HarvardX courses.</font></p>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">More details of the talk may be seen on the </span><a href="http://goo.gl/4kjSni" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">ABCD WWW Site</a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">.</span></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">NOTE: Attendees without a Harvard ID card need to </font><a href="mailto:raman_prasad@harvard.edu">RSVP </a><font face="Arial" size="2">for entry to the library.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>When</b>: Thursday, January 30th @ 3:30-5:00pm<br>
<b>Title</b>: </font><a href="http://goo.gl/4kjSni">Motivation and MOOCs: How Student Expectations Shape Learning in Open Online Settings</a>
<div><b style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Who</b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">: Justin Reich</span></div>
<font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>Where</strong>: Lamont Library, Forum Room, <a href="http://goo.gl/57nXxG">11 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138</a></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Thanks!</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Donna, Eric and Raman</font></div>
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