....academic msc seem more like a flexible way to jump in2 various areas within a particular field of study and if its a dream, it gives a high possibility of beccomin a lecturer n proceeding 4ward 4 a Phd etc...
...professional msc is more like streamlined within a particular field of study(eg PROFESSIONAL DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE (M.Sc.) IN METEOROLOGY, PROFESSIONAL MASTER OF ELECTION ADMINISTRATION (M.E.A), PROFESSIONAL M.Sc. IN GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (G.I.S.)), progression as such in that field would be based upon d d foundation obtained from the professional msc. Though it makes u an authority in the field of professionalism in question, though an academic msc can still survive in the field also...
..though either way, peeps with academic msc and still go 4 prof msc and vice versa, its just time an money...but 4 d academicians, its faster to climb academic line with academic msc