API’s
Application programming Interface (API) is generally how different applications communicate with each other.

Possible uses of API’s in an E-learning context:
User triggered through e-mail, user gets a badge through Linkdin and last news letter is sent to users.

Automation
Content creation is more time consuming and if there exists a task of creating content automatically, it would become easier to bring out good quality content for online courses.

Possible Automation for course creation:
quizzes, customizing courses for each user by automatically matching content to suit learners. 

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