In this episode we explore the role that MOOCs play in international development and speak to Scott Andersen, the author of a study on MOOC users in developing countries. Read the study here: http://bit.ly/booksmart-moocreport Follow Scott on Twitter! http://www.twitter.com/ScottAndersen01 Follow us on Twitter! http://www.twitter.com/booksmartuk

In this episode Laura talks to Chris about her experience at BETT this year and we interview some special people we met there: Jonny Austin, CTO at Microbit (@microbit_edu) Dr Lucy Rogers, an engineer who is a judge on BBC 2's Robot Wars (@DrLucyRogers) Clare Sutcliffe, Founder of Code Club and Executive Director a Raspberry Pi (@ClareSutcliffe) and Steve Brewer, Developer at FutureLearn (@svpersteve) http://www.bettshow.com/

In this episode we explore the virtual and augmented reality worlds, talk about the use of these technologies in the classroom and meet Ed Barton, CEO of Curiscope. https://www.curiscope.com/

In the first episode of Book Smart, Laura Kirsop & Chris Fellingham talk about what brexit means for Higher Education in the UK, whether Michael Gove is right to say we're sick of experts and Udacity's TV commercials. Music by Calum Gunn