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I was on the same boat. My references were my previous three managers.Two of them were PhDs leading R&D teams and one was a very senior Director. So it depends on the quality of your recommendors. Anyway the recommendations are just one part of the application package. Since it is an online MS, there is an understanding that the applicant profile would lean more towards working professionals and I am sure they factor that in.

I think I only had one recommendation from my work manager. Perhaps the number of recs has changed (I applied in 2014) but as the acceptance criteria say, current supervisors should be perfectly acceptable.

I only provided people in my professional life.