The Daily Dot - Why the hottest trend in online education already has a cheating problem - 0 views
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students in a non-credit bearing MOOC (massive open online course) were cheating on the written assignments.
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Terry Elliott on 23 Apr 14The assumption is that people cheat to get the best grade in order to succeed on the cheap with the least amount of effort. this is the rational actor theory in action. We cheat for a discrete reason or reasons.
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Why would a student cheat in a course in which they voluntarily enrolled, and for which they earn no tangible rewards?
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We should not jump too hastily to the conclusion that MOOCs carry no real stakes.
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