This document discusses how to foster cooperative innovation and creativity through platforms. It defines platforms as inclusive places where different actors can interact, communicate, co-create, and share. A successful platform is able to attract and facilitate users, foster transactions and co-creation of value. The document provides examples of companies and organizations that have successfully harnessed crowdsourcing and open collaboration to drive innovation. It concludes by outlining moocStarter, a proposed on-demand platform for creating massive open online courses.