OSU is pleased to announce its next MOOC, taught by Drs. Frederick Aldama and Paloma Martinez-Cruz, entitled, “Latino Popular Culture for the Clueless: All Your Questions Answered in Seven Exciting Episodes."  The MOOC covers a wide range of Latino issues: historical, social, socioeconomic, demographic, and regional.

It’s “Latino studies in 7 fun modules,” says Aldama, and it responds to the tremendous growth in the Latino population in the United States, where they are now the largest minority. With “50 million-plus Latinos in the US and possibly another 12 million undocumented,” Aldama felt that potential students for the MOOC may be “looking around [at the increase in Latino population] and saying ‘Hey, this is different. It wasn’t like this 10 years ago.’”

Not only has the population changed, but so has the method of instruction. MOOCs are experimental online learning areas, into which Martinez-Cruz feels “we’re coming in asking more questions than we have answers.” 

For the official press release, please visit:  https://asctech.osu.edu/news/aliens-coming-soon-mooc-near-you

To sign up for the FREE course, please visit:  https://www.coursera.org/course/latinopop