Independent online teaching: new professional horizons in education (English Edition)

Learn to offer your own courses through the internet.

This book is for those who wish to create independent online courses, and those who study changes in distance education, cyberculture and entrepreneurship.

What are the reasons that lead an increasingly large number of people to create their own online courses outside educational institutions? Who are these teachers? What technologies and methods do they use? What do they need to know in order to carry out their initiatives?

This book is a pioneer on the subject of independent online teaching. It compiles articles and interviews with renowned Brazilian teachers who run their own projects in distance learning.

Each story builds an overview of this prolific movement in education and provides valuable guidance to all who wish create online courses and become independent teachers.

In this book you will discover:

- Changes in the market for teachers and subject matter specialists;
- Independent teaching, personal freedom, and meaningful work;
- The competencies needed for independent teaching;
- How to create your own online course;
- Possible formats for online courses;
- How to support your students;
- Tools and platforms for online learning and community building;
- Marketing strategies;
- Technology, management and law issues.

Get your copy and join this new paradigm in work and education!