Motivation is a sin a quo on every learning and performance. Motivation is not always at the same level and influenced from numbers of variables.  In the present study, motivation is aimed to examine within new millennium teaching materials (digital teaching materials) and new millennium teaching sphere (online platforms). The present study aims to reveal the influence of digital teaching materials on the level of motivation of teacher candidates. In this sense, the present study focuses on students who are studying in the field of pedagogical formation supported by distance education institution of Near East University. The present study has a quantitative research methodology. Population and sample of the present study are consisting 450 participants. The participants were chosen from distance education program of pedagogy in 2014-2015 education year in Near East University via using the purposeful sampling method. Especially, the participants are taking instructional technology and material design within different semesters. ARCS scale was used as data collection instruments. With respect to the aim of the present study, data analyses were done with specific statistical tests. In the first place, descriptive analysis had been done. After that,  the independent sample test had been done to distinguish the difference between female and male participants and degree of participants (undergraduate or graduate). After that, multivariate sampling tests had been done to reveal differences among four different ages and eighteen different departments of the participants. Findings show that there is a significant relationship between female and male participants about the motivation of them by using created/designed interactive electronic books with ARCS approach. In addition to this, undergraduate field and ages of participants have the influence on participants’ attitude on using interactive electronic books and show differences among groups.

Keywords: attention; relevance; confidence; satisfaction; electronic book; interactivity; motivation; distance education