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Dozens of Reported Plagiarism Incidents On Coursera's Free Online Courses

Posted by timothy on from the but-I-both-copied-and-pasted dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The discussion forums in Coursera's Massive Open Online Courses are full of talk of plagiarism these days. 'Plagiarized essay — so disheartening,' said one post. 'Continued Plagiarism in the Assignments,' says another. Students are cheating even though the courses carry no credit. Plagiarism-detection software may be in the future, the company's leaders say."

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  1. Re:No. People are stupid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I once met an engineer who couldn't spell. True story.

    Therefore, engineers clearly are useless to society and we should mock them.

    Honestly, people who argue the way you do (providing anecdotal evidence to reinforce uneducated opinions) are wastes of time to discuss anything with. From your comment I will assume you are a neck bearded IT Sys Admin who everyone in your company avoids because you couldn't figure out how to work the shower this morning.

    See, I can make general bullshit up too.