http://www.missiontolearn.com/2010/03/self-education-web-sites/
School of Everything: http://schoolofeverything.com/
University of the People: http://www.uopeople.org/
Online College: http://www.onlinecollege.org
LifeHacker's review of online learning opportunities: http://lifehacker.com/software/education/technophilia-get-a-free-college-education-online-201979.php
Open Culture's list: http://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses
Carnegie Mellon's Open Learning Initiative: http://oli.web.cmu.edu/openlearning/forstudents/freecourses
"Thousands of video lectures from the world's top scholars."
Academic Earth - http://academicearth.org/
Fora TV "Fuel for the Enlightenment" - http://fora.tv/
"A collection of public affairs lectures, panels and events from academic institutions all over the world -- for you to view, listen to, stream or download." (Go, Princeton!)
http://uc.princeton.edu/main/index.php
List of colleges participating in OpenCourseWare: http://collegefinder.globalscholar.com/blog/299/opencourseware-colleges/
Videos and audio files via iTunes U:
A video overview of the service is here: http://www.apple.com/education/itunesu_mobilelearning/landing.html?cid=ITS-ITUMAIN080829-CN4X9
Videos from some of the world's most interesting and inspiring thinkers (via the annual TED - Technology, Education, Design - conferences):
Google's "talk channel"... they bring in some terrific speakers, and record every one for re-broadcast:
http://www.youtube.com/user/AtGoogleTalks
Royal Society of the Arts - "video lectures from some of the world's most inspiring thinkers"
http://www.thersa.org/events/vision
David Harvey's lectures on Karl Marx's Capital: http://davidharvey.org/
Offline (DVD) courses:
The Teaching Company
http://www.teach12.com/teach12.asp?ai=16281
Tours of the Louvre: http://www.louvre.fr/llv/musee/visite_virtuelle.jsp?bmLocale=en
http://www.onlinecollege.org/2009/06/03/50-awesome-ivy-league-lectures-all-about-the-future/
These tough times call for forward thinking: looking toward the future, as well as considering how we can improve it. Ivy League lectures online offer a look at issues including science, politics, economics, and more. Here, you’ll find top notch lectures in these topics and beyond that will have you thinking of days to come.
UVA Debate Series: http://millercenter.org/public/debates
Make Use Of's list of free video lectures: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/sites-free-video-lectures-top-colleges/
Online texts, syllabi, etc.
California Learning Resource Center: http://www.clrn.org/FDTI/index.cfm
Connexions: http://cnx.org/
Via the Guardian (UK newspaper):
http://books.guardian.co.uk/readinggroup/
Via Barnes and Noble:
http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/
Via Borders:
http://www.gather.com/groups.jsp?filter=recent&facetTag=books
Via the New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/readersopinions/reading-group-picks.html
Via Powell's bookstore (includes links to selections for the BBC World Service Book Club, Good Morning America Book Club, and Oprah's Book Club):
http://www.powells.com/features/bookclubs.html
Via the Washington Post (more discussion group than reading group oriented):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/community/groups/front.html
100 Open Lectures on Africa:
http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2009/10/12/100-open-lectures-all-about-africa/
http://www.readinggroupsonline.com/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Organizations/Reading_Groups/Online/
http://www.bookgrouponline.com/forum/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bookworms_Reading_Group/
http://bookgroupbuzz.booklistonline.com/