Examining online college cyber cheating methods and prevention measures

Electronic Journal of e-Learning

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 139-146

  Moten, James ^a   Fitterer, Alex ^a   Brazier, Elise ^a   Leonard, Jonathan ^a   Brown, Avis ^a  

^a TechSoup Global   (United States)

Author keywords

e Cheating; Face to face; Online; Plagiarism; Turnitin.com; Writecheck.com

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878957192     PISSN: 14794403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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