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Today, e-learning and various online education applications are used in many countries
and educational institutions than ever before. Ethics deals with the principle governing
ideal or good behavior, it focuses on what is right or what is wrong. Although in
education, the ethical issues that they may be facing are not about of life and death
issues. An ethical dilemma will take place when the educator faced with a decision that
maybe incongruent with the organization’s values and policies. There are several
examples of ethical issues in education.
In this reason, the educator must be guided with the appropriate decision-making
strategies. With the increasing use of new communication technologies, adoption of
distance education by traditional educational institutes and owing to growing demand on
the part of learners, it becomes more important to discuss the ethical issues. This
important title provides academicians, students, and professionals with ethical insight
into the world of e-learning through fascinating case studies that elucidate the issues
through real-world examples. Pioneer’s experience in the field of distance education
indicates that the profile of distance learners varies, cutting across barriers of gender,
class and caste.
The distance learner may be suffering from a sense of isolation as he/she makes a return
to study after a gap of time or while working. It is there that the distance educator makes
a positive, ethical and interventionist role by helping the student to learn beyond the
stereotypical classroom situation and can act effectively as the friend, philosopher and
guide of the learner. However, the industry of education is a serious one, requiring well
defined ethics and values, well bound in visible legal outlines to regulate its exchange
and distribution.
Because as the industry grows, so do the issues of ethical concern such as plagiarism,
electronic voyeurism, and licensing.
The objective of this paper is to raise awareness of additional ethical issues in order to
encourage further debate and consideration of these importance issues. The present
paper will focus on the ethical values to be followed and implemented in the open
distance education system
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