The basic goal of the Open eClass platform is the development of educational infrastructures, independently of the spatial and time limiting factors of conventional teaching. Particularly, the main goals that are achieved through the design of the platform and the benefits they enjoy by using it are:

• Incorporation of new informatics and communication technologies in educational action for the provision of competitive high quality educational services, through a contemporary technological peak environment.

• Creation of a practical means of interaction and continuous communication between the teacher and the student.

• Exploitation of wide educational material and great educational experience.

• Constructive use of the Internet and the integral network infrastructure.

• Ease of teacher and student use for the support of people with different technical literacy and culture, still with the same high standards in the education provided.

• Provision of a low-cost, reliable, e-sight service for the asynchronous eLearning.

• Adaptability to special needs-requirements of the educational institutes.

• Managable administration, upgrade and extensibility

• Free distribution and central support by the Greek Academic Network GUnet.