MCC professionals will provide the instructions on sign up and how to set-up your Online learning environment. Participation in online courses is primarily asynchronous and text-based, which means you can access the courses at any time from any place. Courses are designed to be communication intensive. You'll have course textbooks and lecture notes, interact with faculty and other students, participate in discussions, and ask and answer questions from the computer at home or your office. The Online courses are asynchronous, which means you do not need to be on your computer at the same time as the instructor or other students.
Discussion forums are a good example of asynchronous.
At times, the instructor will designate scheduled times to use synchronous course deliveries such as Virtual Chat. Here both the instructor and students have the opportunity to create and join a real-time chat session live. Yes, usually through the use of Virtual Chat or E-mail you can discuss a variety of topics and interests. The instructor is available through E-mail. Repeating a course requires re-registration.