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[Japo]

I'm considering pursuing a degree by distance education (on-line), and different countries have wildly different higher education systems or conventions, which is puzzling. If any kind American could elucidate this a little for me I'd be grateful.

First question, fees. Take this example:

http://www.ufedge.ufl.edu/about/fees.php

Does "credit hour" here mean what's elsewhere called "credit", which--according to info elsewhere on that website--corresponds to about 10 hours of course work? So if I wanted to study a degree composed of 10 courses, 3 "credits" each, the total cost would be around $20,000, is that right?