Free Massive Open Online Education ("MOOC")
latinx MOOC
About The LatinX MOOC
This LatinX MOOC
is a general introduction and
overview of
America's LatinX community,
its history,
its massive contributions to the United States,
its many past & current challenges and
its critical role in the future of
the United States; along
with the impact that recent
politically-infused anti-LatinX
remarks and policies by
current leaders will have on the future of
our community and our country:
the United States of America.
This course is meant to provide
a free online resource
for people not familiar with America's LatinX community,
and we hope it can engage some in our community and
worldwide to continue studying America's LatinX community
thru the many more in-depths courses and degree programs
offered by many of America's Colleges & Universities.
This free non-profit online course
tries to showcase and highlight
the great many voices -
who thru their activism, writing,
films, art, organizations, poetry,
photographs, and other projects
are educating and shedding light
on America's LatinX community,
its many contributions to the United States,
the challenges it faces today,
and the great and powerful role
it will continue to play in the future of the USA.
Links, websites and additional resources
to the voices highlighted in the course are provided
throughout the lessons
with the hope that many of you will
want to learn more about them,
their great work and their continued efforts.
Objective
The objective of the LatinX Massive Open Online Course ("MOOC") is
to provide students worldwide an introduction and practical overview of America's booming
LatinX community.
From its history, demographics, differences, common ground,
rising economic power to
how America's Trump administration thru its policies and rherotic is
unifying the community's critical voting bloc,
its minority-majority allies and
insuring its long term impact on the country,
the continent and the world.
More In-Depth LatinX Studies at Universities Nationwide
While this free LatinX MOOC aims to provide an overview,
many of america's leading universities and colleges offer
many more in-depth LatinX Studies
on-campus and online courses,
certificate and degree programs
for those interested in learning more about the community.
Learning Outcomes
Gain an understanding of America's LatinX Community History,
and the evolution of its name from
Hispanics to Latinos and Latinas to
today's gender-neutral and inclusive "LatinX".
Gain an understanding of the different groups
that constitute America's Latinx Community;
their differences,
their common grounds,
the different generations and
the challenges in achieving a unified national community
Gain an understanding of the population size,
growth to date, projected growth, geographic distribution and
states/cities where a LatinX majority has already or will soon been achieved
Gain an understanding of the growing economic impact of
the LatinX community in the United States as a whole
Gain an understanding of the long term negative image challenges
faced by the LatinX community from
Hollywood to Television/Cable to General Media
Gain a better understanding of how Trump and his administration with their rhetoric
and anti-immigrant policies have been and will be one of the most powerful and effective
unification of America's LatinX and rising Minority-Majority communities for years to come
To use our acquired knowledge and understanding of the community
to create our individual predictions of
how we think all the factors covered in the course will
impact the LatinX community's influence in the
United States, the Continent, and the World
To use our acquired knowledge and understanding of the community
to create our individual recommendations on what
other Governments, Businesses and Organizations
should be doing today to prepare for
the America that the Trump's Administration's discriminatory policies are
helping to accelerate and unify -