Crisis necessitates society to renew itself, frequently in a disruptive manner. The recent pandemic is accelerating the transformative modalities of learning, working, and relating with one another, both abruptly and radically. This paper examines the area of online education and attempts to show the effects of how institutions of higher education are experiencing dramatic transformations driven by the necessity to digitalize higher education while continuing to produce well-qualified graduates acceptable to hiring authorities and employers, despite the historic rejection of those candidates with distance degrees. This paper studies the published research and synthesizes the results to better understand the perceptions of online degrees as they relate to hiring or promotion decisions, with an emphasis on the technology disciplines and industries. This paper studies if there exists, or will exist, on employer perceptions of candidates' employability, a significant negative effect based on the modality of education. It evaluates the evolving perceptions resulting from the increasing mainstream, traditional institutions entering the market, and the immense transformation resulting from the pandemic. Graduates' perceptions of the value and quality are examined to inform institutions' future program designs. This paper also aims to establish the validity of the review by detailing the method, design, data collection, and data analysis processes. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]