Massive Open Online Courses, known as MOOCs, have arisen as the logical consequence of marrying long-distance education with the web and social media. MOOCs were confidently predicted by advanced thinkers decades ago. They are undoubtedly here to stay, and provide a valuable resource for learners and teachers alike.This book focuses on music as a domain of knowledge, and has three objectives to introduce the phenomenon of MOOCs to present ongoing research into making MOOCs more effective and better adapted to the needs of teachers and learners and finally to present the first steps towards social MOOCs, which support the creation of learning