PARIS —  Oxford Hills/Buckfield Adult Education has a program that makes it easy to take high-quality, noncredit online courses. OHBAE has partnered with ed2go to offer hundreds of online, instructor-led courses and has announced the launch of two new courses: “What’s new in Microsoft Office 2010” and “Photoshop Elements 10 for the digital photographer II.”

Participants in the first course will explore all the new features of MS Office 2010 as they work with Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations and Access databases. If they’re still using Office 2003 or 2007, they’ll learn how to transition smoothly to this newer version — and if they’re already using Office 2010, they’ll discover ways to work more quickly, efficiently and confidently.

In the second course, photographers with a basic working knowledge of Adobe’s Photoshop Elements 10 will gain ability and confidence as they learn to use artistic filters, layering techniques and advanced editing tools to create collages, turn images into text and restore old photos like a pro. 

These courses are part of OHBAE’s growing catalog of more than 300 instructor-facilitated online courses. Through well-crafted lessons, expert online instruction and interaction with fellow students, participants in these courses gain valuable knowledge at their convenience. They have the flexibility to study at their own pace combined with enough structure and support to complete the course. And they can access the classroom 24/7 from anywhere with an Internet connection.

New sessions of each course run every month. They last six weeks, with two new lessons being released weekly (for a total of 12). The courses are entirely Web-based with comprehensive lessons, quizzes and assignments. A dedicated professional instructor facilitates every course; pacing learners, answering questions, giving feedback and facilitating discussions.

To learn more, call Juliann Stauder at 743-8842, ext. 9540, or visit them online at www.ed2go.com/ohadulted.