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A systematic review of research on cheating in online exams from 2010 to 2021

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Noorbehbahani, Fakhroddin, Mohammadi, Azadeh, Aminazadeh, Mohammad·2022·Education and Information Technologies
DOI 10.1007/s10639-022-10927-7PMC PMC8898996
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In recent years, online learning has received more attention than ever before. One of the most challenging aspects of online education is the students' assessment since academic integrity could be violated due to various cheating behaviors in online examinations. Although a considerable number of literature reviews exist about online learning, there is no such review study to provide comprehensive insight into cheating motivations, cheating types, cheating detection, and cheating prevention in the online setting. The current study is a review of 58 publications about online cheating, published from January 2010 to February 2021. We present the categorization of the research and show topic trends in the field of online exam cheating. The study can be a valuable reference for educators and researchers working in the field of online learning to obtain a comprehensive view of cheating mitigation, detection, and prevention.

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Authors
Noorbehbahani, F., Mohammadi, A., & Aminazadeh, M.
Affiliations
University of Isfahan (IR)
Corresponding author
Noorbehbahani, Fakhroddin
ORCID
Venue
Education and Information Technologies
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2022-03-07
Volume
27
Issue
6
Pages
8413-8460
ISSN
  • 1360-2357 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-7608
DOI
10.1007/s10639-022-10927-7
PMC
PMC8898996
OpenAlex
W4220695000
Cited by
236
References
65
Citations by year
2026: 42 · 2025: 47 · 2024: 66 · 2023: 61 · 2022: 20
FWCI
9.25
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Education and Information Technologies (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Academic integrity and plagiarism
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Science Applications › Online Learning and Analytics
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Benford’s Law and Fraud Detection
Keywords
academic integrity, online learning, cheating detection, cheating prevention, student assessment

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