Defending Assessment Security in a Digital World

"This book explores the phenomenon of e-cheating and identifies ways to bolster assessment to ensure that it is secured against threats posed by geographically distributed assessments, computer-based examinations, anonymous online communications and online cheating services. It advances the concept of 'assessment security', proposing metrics for measurement and strategies for improvement. The book takes a multi-disciplinary approach, drawing together perspectives from educational assessment, academic integrity, cybersecurity, learning analytics, game studies and criminology, to provide practitioners in higher education with a guide to managing and improving assessment security"--