This document discusses promoting policy uptake for open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). It summarizes findings from two EU projects on OER and MOOCs. The first project explored OER creation and reuse practices, while the second examined how governments stimulate OER and MOOC adoption. The document also discusses the emergence of OER and MOOCs, providing timelines and definitions. It describes the OPAL and POERUP projects which addressed barriers to OER uptake and developed tools to help stakeholders make strategic decisions about promoting OER and MOOCs.