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==Japan==
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===Subjects===
Add free, open Japan courses 	Web Site 	Organization (if any) 	Degree / Non-degree	Instructor's Name 	Location	Other Info 	Language	Tags
Intro to Japanese Culture 	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/foreign-languages-and-literatures/21f-064-intro-to-japanese-culture-spring-2012/	MIT 	non-degree 	Prof. Ian Condry 	Browser 	Start anytime 	English 	Undergraduate / Graduate
Japan Opencourseware Consortium (JOCW) 	http://www.jocw.jp/ 	JOCW 	non-degree 	 	Browser 	Start anytime 	English 	Undergraduate / Graduate
Politics and Policy in Contemporary Japan 	http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Political-Science/17-537Spring-2009/CourseHome/index.htm 	MIT 	non-degree 	Prof. Richard J. Samuels 	Browser 	Start anytime 	English 	
Visualizing Japan (1850s-1930s): Westernization, Protest, Modernity	https://www.edx.org/course/harvardx-mitx/harvardx-mitx-vjx-visualizing-japan-2331 	A first-time MITx/HarvardX collaboration	non-degree 	Professors Dower, Gordon, Miyagawa, Weisenfeld	Browser 	A first-time MITx/HarvardX collaboration, VJx opens windows on Japan’s transition into the modern world through the historical visual record.	English 	
Course Name 	http:// 	 	non-degree 	 	Browser 	Start anytime 	English 	
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Davis, Julie Nelson. 2014. Review of Drama and Desire: Japanese Paintings of the Floating World. (Photographs; see, too, Julie Nelson Davis's "Now Appearing in Print Osaka Actors and their Audience" here - https://www.academia.edu/7035324/Now_Appearing_in_Print_Osaka_Actors_and_their_Audience; there's also a review of Taisho Kimono: Speaking of Past and Present in the book review). Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania.
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International Journal of Japanese Sociology.
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Condry, Ian. 2009. Anime Creativity: Characters and Premises in the Quest for Cool Japan. Vol. 26(2–3): 139–163. DOI: 10.1177/0263276409103111. Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, and Singapore: SAGE - Theory, Culture & Society.
Hashizume, Daisaburo (ed.). 2011. SPECIAL ISSUE—COOL JAPAN. 20:November. International Journal of Japanese Sociology.
Japanese Court Orders Google To Turn Off Auto-Complete Function. 2012. Japanese Court Orders Google To Turn Off Auto-Complete Function. March 26. tech.slashdot.org.
Yokota, Ayako. 2013. ‘Spirited Away’ Director Criticizes Plans to Amend Japan's Pacifist Constitution. August 10. globalvoicesonline.org.
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===In Virtual World===
(Search on the word 'lists' here, too: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Virtual_Worlds)
3D Learn. 2013. http://www.learningin3d.info/
Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU). 2012. http://www.activeworlds.com
Alice. 2012. http://www.alice.org/
Minecraft. 2012. www.minecraft.net
Edusim. 2013. http://edusim3d.com/
Gifted Kids.ie. 2013. http://www.giftedkids.ie/daynuv.html
ISTE – SIGMS. 2013. http://sigms.iste.wikispaces.net/secondlifeplayground2010
Kaneva. 2014. http://www.kaneva.com/
Open Cobalt. 2013. http://www.opencobalt.org/
OpenSim. 2012. http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page (http://www.scribd.com/doc/57959626/OpenSimulator-School-Quick-Start-Guide)
Open Croquet. 2012. http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?OpenCroquet and http://www.opencroquet.org/
Open Wonderland. 2012. http://openwonderland.org/
Primary Games. 2013. http://www.primarygames.com/arcade/virtualworlds.php
Quest Atlantis. 2012. http://atlantisremixed.org/ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZoT3pilNPI).
SimScience. 2012. http://simscience.org/
Second Life - Harvard's virtual island. 2012. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/115/53/25 - and teach, learn and share ideas - in group voice chat, or in group type chat, and via building.
SmallWorlds. 2014. https://www.smallworlds.com/
There.com. 2014. http://www.there.com/
Twinity. 2014. http://www.twinity.com/en/choose-your-free-avatar
Unity3D. 2012. http://unity3d.com/
WiloStar3D. 2013. https://www.wilostar3d.com/
World of Warcraft in School. 2014. http://wowinschool.pbworks.com/w/page/5268731/FrontPage
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