Examining Online Cheating in Higher Education Using Traditional Classroom Cheating as a Guide

In short

Online education brings new questions about cheating. The paper critically reads earlier literature on dishonesty in online courses, using face-to-face findings as a guide, and points to gaps where further research is needed.

What it looked at

Published literature on academic dishonesty, comparing what is known about traditional classrooms with online education. It is a critical analysis of existing studies, and it proposes areas for future research.

What it means for teaching

Useful as background on what is known and unknown about dishonesty in online courses before planning changes to assessment.

Limits

A reading of existing literature with no new data of its own.

Cited 99 times by other papers, as counted by OpenAlex in November 2026. A count measures attention, not quality.