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This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact

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Signal processing --- Traitement du signal --- Periodicals. --- Périodiques --- Signal processing. --- Periodicals --- E-journals --- Engineering --- Electrical Engineering --- Traitement du signal. --- Processing, Signal --- signal processing --- Information measurement --- Signal theory (Telecommunication) --- emerging technologies --- Electronics --- Telecommunication services

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Language MOOCs (or LMOOCs) are dedicated Web-based online courses for second languages with unrestricted access and potentially unlimited participation. They are generating interest and expectation in the contexts of university education, lifelong learning and online training in general. This pioneering book presents an initial analysis of the theoretical and methodological issues underlying LMOOCs and presents empirical evidence of their potential for the development of language communicative competences, based upon previously unpublished research. It provides a mosaic-like view of LMOOC research, not only with respect to the geographical and institutional origin of its authors, but also to the heterogeneous nature of their respective academic backgrounds, and suggests directions for future development. As in other types of online language courses, the integration of the results of multidisciplinary research projects and teaching experiences related to LMOOCs is fundamental to make the field advance steadily and respond to some of the real challenges and problems faced by individuals working and living in competitive plurilingual societies today.

MOOCs (Web-based instruction) --- Web-based instruction. --- Education, Higher --- Distance education. --- Computer-assisted instruction. --- Distance learning --- Online instruction, Web-based --- Online teaching --- Web-based online instruction --- Massive open online courses --- Education --- Open learning --- Telecommunication in education --- Computer-assisted instruction --- Web-based instruction --- MOOCs, Computer Assisted Language Learning, Emerging Technologies. --- Courses, Online --- Online courses --- Online education --- Distance education

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This book presents the systematic evolution of digitized education: trends, advances, challenges encountered and their solutions toward the use of advanced technologies. The book mainly covers variety of areas such as blended learning in modern education, flipped classroom, ICT-based education, digital transformation of education. Explosion of information and communication technologies has transformed the way we live, learn, work and socialize. This heavy intervention of technologies in the modern world has triggered us to think how we engage and interact with each other and how we make use of these digital tools and communications channels. And consequent upon which societies are transforming into digitized education where datafication, platformization and algorithmic governance are a common vocabulary.

Education—Data processing. --- Educational technology. --- Science—Social aspects. --- Technology—Sociological aspects. --- Sustainability. --- Computers and Education. --- Digital Education and Educational Technology. --- Societal Outreach of Physics. --- Science, Technology and Society. --- Emerging Technologies. --- Sustainability science --- Human ecology --- Social ecology --- Instructional technology --- Technology in education --- Technology --- Educational innovations --- Instructional systems --- Teaching --- Aids and devices

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This open access book focuses on the role of civil society in the creation, dissemination, and interpretation of knowledge in geographical contexts. It offers original, interdisciplinary and counterintuitive perspectives on civil society. The book includes reflections on civil and uncivil society, the role of civil society as a change agent, and on civil society perspectives of undone science. Conceptual approaches go beyond the tripartite division of public, private and civic sectors to propose new frameworks of civic networks and philanthropic fields, which take an inclusive view of the connectivity of civic agency across sectors. This includes relational analyses of epistemic power in civic knowledge networks as well as of regional giving and philanthropy. The original empirical case studies examine traditional forms of civic engagement, such as the German landwomen’s associations, as well as novel types of organizations, such as giving circles and time banks in their geographical context. The book also offers insider reflections on doing civil society, such as the cases of the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong, epistemic activism in the United States, and the #FeesMustFall movement in South Africa.

Human geography --- Political science & theory --- Open access --- Analysing Civil Society --- Civil Society Associations --- Civil and Uncivil Society --- Civil Society as a Change Agent --- Civil Society Knowledge Networks --- Civil Society Networks --- Civil Society Research --- Collaborative Philanthropists --- Emerging Technologies --- Epistemic Communities and Activism --- FeesMustFall Movement --- Geography of Civil Society --- Geography of Philanthropy and Giving Circles --- Knowledge, Space, and Civil Society --- LandWomen’s Associations --- Smart Cities --- Social movements