How am I just BARELY discovering this?

Turns out that MIT has been putting complete courses online for anyone to use for years now. There are 1900 classes and more being added all the time. If you want a college education, you have to look no further than here (at least as a launching point). Course List: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/courses/courses/index.htm

You get your standard Chem 101 kinds of classes, of course, but also these:

Costume Design and Construction: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Music-and-Theater-Arts/21M-732Fall-2008/CourseHome/index.htm

Chemistry of Sports: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Special-Programs/SP-235Spring-2009/CourseHome/index.htm

Physics of Rock Climbing: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Special-Programs/SP-255Spring-2006/CourseHome/index.htm

Kitchen Chemistry: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Special-Programs/SP-287Spring-2009/CourseHome/index.htm

Wheelchair design in Developing Countries: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Special-Programs/SP-784Spring-2009/CourseHome/index.htm

Cultural Performances of Asia: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Foreign-Languages-and-Literatures/21F-067JFall-2005/CourseHome/index.htm

Anthropology of Computing: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Anthropology/21A-350JFall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm

Ancient Philosophy and Math: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Special-Programs/SP-2H3Fall-2006/CourseHome/index.htm

and Lego Robotics: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Special-Programs/SP-293Spring-2007/CourseHome/index.htm

Among others......

1900 others.

And more coming all the time.

Oh, and there are more in the archive: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/courses/archived/index.htm

and there are high school courses, science movies, AP materials, and more and more. I could spend years here just soaking it all up. And I might. Always wanted more classes in science without the worry of grades.....

Oh, wait.  There's more. MIT isn't the only school that does it:

http://onlinecourses.merlot.org/beyond.html