An excellent opportunity for all eager learners! MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) are free online courses for anybody who wants to learn and Tokyo University is contributing, too. The prestigious university currently has 15 courses that are available on Coursera and edX platforms, and some are one-time courses, while others take more time and commitment. A few of the shorter-term courses you might like include: Words Spun Out of Images: Visual and Literary Culture in Nineteenth Century Japan taught by the famous in Japan academic and TV commentator Robert Campbell, and Visualizing Postwar Tokyo, Part 1 and Part 2. Check out more of their online classes here.
When: Depends on the course taken