Fernstudium
Klartext
How working professionals find the right distance degree and avoid costly mistakes.
My guidebook with Carl Hanser Verlag, co-written with Martin Stieger. Everything I keep explaining in my consultations, now in one book. The book is in German.
The book on distance learning
Published in October 2026 by Carl Hanser Verlag, in German.
Anyone who wants to study alongside their job faces a market that is hard to see through and promises a lot. Which degree takes me further, what will be credited, and how do I recognise a reputable programme? I hear exactly these questions in almost every first consultation.
In “Fernstudium Klartext”, Martin Stieger and I answer them one by one, honestly and without the sales talk.
- 164 pages
- Print, PDF and EPUB
- €39.99 (DE)
Also in bookshops, ISBN 978-3-446-48844-1
Three parts, one clear path
From the overview to your own path to the question of whom you can trust.
The book explains degrees, formats and providers in distance learning. It shows how to assess your admission chances and your credit transfer options realistically, and how to tell reputable programmes from expensive mistakes.
The overview
Degrees, formats and providers in distance learning, so you know what exists and what it does for you.
Your path into studying
From taking stock through admission and credit transfer to costs and how to keep going alongside work and family.
Marketing and credibility
How universities advertise, which promises you should check and how to spot a reputable programme.
Alongside the book there is a video course in the Studienflüsterer Academy (in German).
Written for working professionals
For everyone who wants to study alongside a job, a family or shift work.
Skilled workers without A-levels
You have completed vocational training and want to know how to reach university through your profession. See also studying without A-levels.
People who cannot study on campus
Shift work, family or where you live rule out campus study, and you are looking for a path that still works.
Consulting and research
Two perspectives on the same question: which degree is really worth it.
Lars A. Ritter
University lecturer, currently doing my doctorate and researching adult education and digital learning systems. As the Studienflüsterer I advise working professionals on choosing a degree. More about me
Martin Stieger
Professor of vocational education and business education, court-certified expert witness for the assessment of university degrees and registered mediator specialising in higher education mediation.
At a glance
All key facts on the first edition.
- Title
- Fernstudium Klartext. Wie Berufstätige das richtige Fernstudium finden und teure Fehlentscheidungen vermeiden
- Authors
- Lars A. Ritter, Martin Stieger
- Publisher
- Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich
- Edition
- 1st edition, October 2026
- Language
- German
- Length
- 164 pages
- Format
- Print, also as PDF and EPUB
- ISBN
- 978-3-446-48844-1
- Price
- €39.99 (DE)
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