Study finds more cheating in online education by Brittany Anas

"College students taking online courses are more tempted to cheat, according to a new study that found honor codes are less binding in the rapidly growing online learning sector." summarizes Brittany Anas. 

Honor codes -- mutual trust contracts between students and professors to abide by standards of academic integrity -- can reduce cheating in brick-and-mortar classrooms.

But researchers have found that honor codes are much less effective in online classrooms, with the physical absence of an instructor.

Francois Claude, a University of Colorado senior, said he could see how easy it would be to cheat in an online class.

"No one is there looking over your shoulder," he said
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Source: Daily Camera