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Student-to-instructor interaction is crucial in online education. Through this interaction, the instructors guide students on contents and create a learning environment that allows students to communicate between themselves. The student-to-instructor interaction is of the factors that determine student participation and satisfaction. Thus, this study uses a systematic review to discuss the strategies that instructors can use to increase student-to-instructor interaction in online courses. This study highlights four strategies, including the instructor’s participation in online courses, the feedback from an online instructor, the availability of an online instructor and timely response, and pre- and during class communications in online courses. The online instructors and instructional designers may use these strategies to improve interaction with the students. These strategies may also assist instructional designers and instructors who develop and teach hybrid or blended courses.

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