Contract cheating: The outsourcing of assessed student work

Handbook of Academic Integrity

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 639-654

  Lancaster, Thomas ^a   Clarke, Robert ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84978191738     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-287-098-8_17     Document Type: Chapter

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