I'm asking cuz NYU now allows those people to advertise an online masters as a regular one, and it bothers me tbh.
"advertise an online masters as a regular one" --> This makes no sense to me.
A friend of mine just got their masters of computer science from the online program at Georgia Tech and the diploma does not make a distinction between conventional on-site vs off-site.
If NYU is anything like Georgia Tech, the diploma is identical regardless of whether the student took the courses online.
Therefore, there is no "advertisement" that takes place. It is a regular master's diploma conferred by the academic institution. If you have problem with it, take it up with the registrar's office.
Also in NYU's case, how is an Offline Masters degree, that costs ~$70k to get and accepts ~20-50 students every year, the same and same quality with an Online Masters degree that costs ~$18k and accepts 5000 students per year? How could anyone say that these two are the same and of equal weight?
You can get an education and become a stellar engineer/professional whilst being self-taught. I've got no beef with the people getting degrees online, it's just that you can't equalize the two aforementioned degrees, cause they're just not the same. Like it or not.
And if it doesn't matter, like most of you say here, then why not just say it?
Are these two the same, would you say?
And if they're, why go as far as to lie about having acquired it online, when it doesn't even matter?
If you’re worried about the job competition impact, I would suggest focusing on your in-person/on-site achievements when building your resume.
If I watch the MOOC courses from the MIT's CS Masters for 2024, would that mean that I've got an Offline Masters in CS from MIT? Same content, as you put it.
And if it doesn't matter if it's offline or online, why not be transparent about it? Why go as far as to straight up lie about it being an offline masters degree, when it doesn't matter, as you put it?