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-HOU is the sole Greek State University that provides distance education in both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Consists of 4 Schools: Sciences & Technology, Humanities, Social Sciences, Applied Arts. Currently offers 6 B.Sc. and 26 M.Sc. programmes. As a tertiary educational institution, HOU's mission is largely identical to that of the other tertiary institutions of the country. However, its uniqueness lies in that it offers opportunities for undergraduate and postgraduate study to wider social groups of the population, thereby making continuing education and lifelong learning possible for all.
-Today, HOU has 15430 active undergraduate students, 10720 active postgraduate students, 67 active PhD students, 38 members of academic research staff, 138 administrative staff and 1520 tutors.
+Hellenic Open University (HOU) is the sole Greek State University that provides distance education in both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. HOU
+consists of 4 Schools: Sciences & Technology, Humanities, Social Sciences, Applied Arts and offers 6 B.Sc. and 26 M.Sc. programmes, currently being
+attended by 30,000 students. HOU pioneers new educational methods which are wholly based on the principles of distance education and offers
+innovative programmes of study, offering opportunities for undergraduate and postgraduate study to wider social groups of the population, thereby
+making continuing education and lifelong learning possible for all. The promotion of scientific knowledge is made possible by means of Distance Learning
+methodology (DL) which is facilitated through Information and Communication Technologies and the production of appropriately developed materials.
+'''Software Quality Research Group (SQRG)''' of Hellenic Open University has vast experience in the applied research on Software Quality Assessment and
+Metrics and in particular on Educational Software Quality, using PLEs and Learning Analytics. Moreover, SQRG specializes in the development of Web 2.0
+e-Learning environments, Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) and Augmented Reality tools, as well as immersive environments that include 3D
+Virtual Worlds which apply the principles of active and experiential learning on subjects that are impossible, unsafe or inefficient to be addressed
+through conventional educational methods. The Software Quality Research Group consists of 15 active members and many associates, including
+undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers coming from the research fields of Human-Computer Interaction, e-Learning, Augmented
+Reality, 3D Immersive Environments.