As Sophany Thay said, "A good book is a man's best friend.", we say, "Good online community building books are a community manager's best friend."

Why are we saying this?

Here's the answer: Online community building is a fairly new concept in India. And as you'd read in a lot of our CM Story blogs, when the community managers of India started out, the one thing that helped them understand this business is books. A lot of online community building books!

Just a few years ago, there was little to no information on the net about online community building that one could refer to for coming into this industry. As a result of which, books were the go-to resolution for a lot of community builders to gain knowledge of this industry.

But worry not, we're not going to tell you the evolution of community building. In this blog, we're going to tell you about some of the best books that are written for building educational online communities. If you're a bookworm and would like to read some good books on online educational communities that you can enjoy as well as learn from, then this blog is for you!

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Now, let's begin!

Top 5 Books On Building Educational Online Communities

In this blog, we're going to tell you about our top 5 picks when it comes to community building books written on educational communities. Building an online educational community and ensuring that people stick around till the end of the course is a difficult job. So, we've curated this list of top 5 books on community building that are specifically written for educational communities.

Trust us, these books will act like a bible for you when it comes to educational communities. We're going to tell you what all topics each of these books cover and how will they benefit you. So, keep reading and you'll find out!

1. Building Online Learning Communities: Effective Strategies for the Virtual Classroom, (2nd Edition)

If you're struggling to develop the right learning environment in your online learning community, then this book is for you. This is our number one pick because the author, Rena M. Palloff, provides strategies on how one can create a sense of community in their virtual classes while ensuring that the students achieve their learning outcomes effectively.

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2. Online Professional Development Through Virtual Learning Communities

Next on our list is this book by Sonja Hollins-Alexander. This book is full of strategies that will help you to build a virtual learning community program that's required in 2022. Not just that, this book will also teach you how to reduce costs by enabling peer-to-peer learning. This book is a perfect pick for anyone who is just starting out in this domain.

3. Jump-Start Your Online Classroom: Mastering Five Challenges in Five Days

Jump-Start Your Online Classroom is authored by David S. Stein and Constance E. Wanstreet. This book is a good choice for people who have successfully launched their educational communities, but are struggling in delivering the classes the right way. This book teaches strategies to tackle the first 5 immediate challenges that instructors face in just 5 days. What more can one ask for?

4. Creating Transformative Online Communities in Higher Education

Written by Dempsey Patrick R., Creating Transformative Online Communities in Higher Education is a book that provides strategies for creating authentic learning experience in an educational community. These strategies are build on evidence that were found by conducting extensive research. So what are you waiting for? Get a copy of this book now!

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5. The Complete Step-by-step Guide to Designing and Teaching Online Courses

Last, but not the least, is this book by Joan Thormann and Isa Kaftal Zimmerman. This book is literally a treasure when it comes to strategies for designing and teaching online courses. This book contains exclusive expert knowledge and detailed how-to processes along with preventive trouble-shooting tips. So, if you're new to this domain, then this books is a must read for you!

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And these were our top 5 picks of online community building books for educational communities. Whatever it is that you need help with, we're sure you'll find a book in our list above that will help you build a thriving learning community.

So what are you waiting for?

Get a copy of the book that's perfect for your requirements and get reading!