Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Book Chapter Book Chapter Faculty Publications- Book Chapter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Crowdsourcing in Higher Education: Theory and Best Practices Subject The topic of the resource Community college; Crowdlearning; Crowdsourcing; Higher education; Online learning; Students Description An account of the resource The widespread use of crowdsourcing strategies in higher education institutions improves the performance of students by using collective initiatives to enhance the skills of each student, efficiently optimizes the lecturing process by exchanging and pooling research materials, and also improves the financial situation of alumni by encouraging crowdfunding of tuition. We identify four main areas in this study where the use of crowdsourcing strategies plays an important role in the success of alumni in institutions of higher education. The proposed crowd teaching approach optimizes lecturing, allowing lecture notes to be shared and exchanged according to the various curricula of Higher Education Studies. With crowd learning, students learn by execution on collaborative projects in which different students share (effectively) teaching each other under the guidance of the lecturer, learn the necessary skills to achieve the projects goals and solve the proposed issue. In relation to accessing funding, the tuition fees of students can be financed by crowdsourcing approaches through crowd tuition and even crowdfunding can be used to procure laboratory and classroom content or the learning stays of students abroad. Using this crowdsourcing tool, students can find assistance in paying university taxes and also have an interest in further learning with other students. The application of crowdsourcing to education allows for optimization of the institutions budget and a more effective use of learning time, leading eventually to better outcomes for students. 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Agarwal V.; Panicker A.; Sharma A.; Rammurthy R.; Ganesh L.; Chaudhary S. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Contributions to Finance and Accounting, Vol-Part F216, pp. 127-135. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Springer Nature Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77841-5_8" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77841-5_8</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85161408854&amp;doi=10.1007%2F978-3-030-77841-5_8&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=ae5f6eeb716668a2522678be5685836b" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85161408854&amp;doi=10.1007%2f978-3-030-77841-5_8&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=ae5f6eeb716668a2522678be5685836b</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 27306038 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Book chapter Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Agarwal V., Center for Management Studies, Jain (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India; Panicker A., Institute of Business Management, GLA University, Uttar Pradesh, Mathura, India; Sharma A., Institute of Business Management, GLA University, Uttar Pradesh, Mathura, India; Rammurthy R., Department of Management, Jain (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India; Ganesh L., School of Business and Management, Christ (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India; Chaudhary S., Center for Management Studies, Jain (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India