Originally Posted by Dude
... I've been thoroughly unimpressed with offerings in all delivery channels ...


Yes, so true - I just had to laugh. These days, it is not the delivery method (that is, distance vs. in-person) that makes or breaks the course. The available technology is good enough to level the field.

Originally Posted by Bostonian
Autodidact Scott Young decided to work though all the MIT classes one needs for a degree in computer science ... http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/mit-challenge/ .

@ Bostonian - thank you for pointing to the MIT courses. The video lectures for 'Classical Mechanics' by Prof. Walter Lewin (the first course taken by Young) look great (so much that I am beginning to hope that I have finally found a suitable science course):
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/8-01-physics-i-classical-mechanics-fall-1999/index.htm .