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While I heartily endorse your planned program to expand your mind (I also went through a large number of MIT’s courses), there are a number of problems I see. The #1 biggie is that we learn until we know the information well enough, as you put it, in our own opinion. There is no external corrective feedback, no expert to tell us when our understanding is superficial or even incorrect. Unfortunately, I see no solution to this. Even if you publish your understanding online for others to correct, there seems a very good chance that their understanding is no better than yours, unless you can somehow attract the attention of people who are experts in the areas you are studying.

Another problem I found was that too many of the courses I was interested in had no lecture notes. The only information was in the form of recommended reading. Unfortunately, many of the books were unavailable at the local libraries and were far too expensive for me to purchase.

There is also the lack of encouragement and stimulation you get from interacting with other students with the same interests. Perhaps if you announce ahead of time what course you are going to take, other people will also look into it and provide some online interaction, at least.

The only other university whose online courses I have seen are the Yale courses, which currently only have some basic introductory courses: http://oyc.yale.edu/.

Shortcomings aside, I still think it a worthwhile endeavor and wish you the best of luck in your project!