We hope to make some improvements to the collection page, including adding the number/percentage of unknown words.
The main issue with a long list of lessons is that it simply takes too long for the page to load in collections with 100 or more lessons. This long list is still available when clicking on the lesson image when in the Library (example: http://bit.ly/p1IWj2). As with everything it is a balance between functionality and performance.
The simple solution to adding a lesson to your list is just to control+click it so it opens in a new tab. Then just close the tab at your convenience.