Great idea! You might try listening to the 29 archived lectures from this U.C. Berkeley class. "History 5, The Making of Modern Europe, 1453 to the Present, S

Great idea! You might try listening to the 29 archived lectures from this U.C. Berkeley class. "History 5, The Making of Modern Europe, 1453 to the Present, Spring 2008" https://archive.org/details/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461116707 https://archive.org/details/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_46111... In general, I've always wanted to do something like what you're talking about: track down some deeply interesting online courses from top universities, and then just gorge myself on learning.