An observational analysis of the range and extent of contract cheating from online courses found on agency websites

Proceedings - 2014 8th International Conference on Complex, Intelligent and Software Intensive Systems, CISIS 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 56-63

  Lancaster, Thomas ^a   Clarke, Robert ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

academic integrity; contract cheating; online course; plagiarism; Transtutors.com

Indexed keywords

LEARNING SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; STUDENTS;

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY; AUTOMATED DETECTION; HIGHER EDUCATION; OBSERVATIONAL ANALYSIS; ONLINE ASSIGNMENTS; ONLINE COURSE; PLAGIARISM; TRANSTUTORS.COM;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84908869500     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CISIS.2014.9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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