This has greatly increased the need for education and training in the workforce to effectively cope with such change. Business communities and nations alike see value in training the labour force to keep up with technological changes and thus speed economic growth. The continuing education of the workforce is thus a major driver of the development of transnational education. The changes in technology, even without their companion changes in the workplace, would have required new approaches in education and training and together this change is like a revolution. The growth in the Transnational education industry has in many ways therefore been a response to a growing worldwide demand for skills training of the labour force, thus learning in the transnational education industry is often fused with work.
Economic growth is also a major driver of the growth of transnational education.
In the future learning will be fused not only with work, but also with recreation, personal development and 'edutainment' however for many current transnational programs the link to the workplace is still paramount. The advent of new technologies is accelerating the process by which education is delivered from one country to another. As the new technologies evolve many argue they will erase national boundaries completely. Perhaps this more than anything else is driving the changing face of transnational education today. Through digital technology and telecommunications there are many new ways to provide greater access and coverage for transnational educational delivery.