WizIQ Announces MOOC For Building An Online Teaching Business

APEX, NC — (October 9, 2014) - Online education platform WizIQ announced today that it is hosting a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) entitled 'Build Your Teaching Business Online.' The course begins on October 24, 2014.

Created and facilitated by Jason R. Levine and Sylvia Guinan, this free and open course is designed for tutors, test prep institutes, training programs, and individual teachers who wish to expand or launch their online teaching business. BTB Online shows them how to develop and market their online courses and extend their reach in social media.

The first part of the course comprises live sessions with established online teaching experts. In the second part of the course, participants will apply what they have learned to create their own 'demo' course on WizIQ.

The list of presenters for BTB Online includes: Jack Askew, Drew Badger, Dr. Nellie Deutsch, Joss Frimond, Sylvia Guinan, Kerstin Hammes, Sunita Kadian, Peter Lahiff, Jason R. Levine, Chuck Sandy, Kajal Sengupta, Nilakanta Srinivasan, Benjamin Stuart, Shelly Sanchez Terrell, Dimitris Tzouris, Vicky Loras, and Gabby Wallace.

Course facilitators will guide participants in learning how to use the virtual classroom and course creation software. They will also help them develop a plan to run, market, and manage their course, which they will then present to their peers. Course participants will learn transferable skills for creating any kind of course for different online situations.

Live sessions will be delivered via the WizIQ Virtual Classroom and class recordings will be available for download. Learners will have lifetime access to class recordings and course content.

Certificates of Completion will be awarded to those participants who successfully create and present their demo courses.

To enroll now and for more details about the course, visit: http://goo.gl/IQaqwr

For course enquiries contact: jase@wiziq.com


About WizIQ
Founded in 2006, WizIQ has evolved to be the first and only online global education marketplace to offer live instructor-led learning, where anyone can teach and learn. The company is successfully leveraging technology to replicate the classroom experience online making it more accessible, for both students and teachers. The WizIQ Learning Marketplace enables students to choose from courses offered by thousands of instructors. Educators and organizations can create comprehensive quality online courses — with live classes or self-paced instruction — in no time, and teach any learner or employee anywhere in the world. WizIQ is backed by Bertelsmann SE & Co., which runs Random House, and Kaizen, a private equity fund focused on the education sector.

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