Part I Theoretical Foundation of Digital Badges.- Chapter 1 Digital Badges and Micro-Credentials: Historical Overview, Motivational Aspects, Issues, and Challenges.- Chapter 2 A Philosophy of Open Digital Badges.- Chapter 3 Keep Calm and credential On: Linking Learning, Life and Work Practices in a Complex World.- Chapter 4 Drivers, Affordances and Challenges of Digital Badges.- Chapter 5 Evaluating the Public Promise.- Chapter 6 Building Collective Belief in Badges: Designing Trust Networks.- Chapter 7 Learning Journeys in Higher Education: Designing Digital Pathways Badges for Learning, Motivation and Assessment.- Part II Technological Frameworks and Implementation.- Chapter 8 Badging Platforms: A Scenario-based Comparison of Features and Uses.- Chapter 9 Adopting Digital Badges in Higher Education: Scoping the Territory.- Chapter 10 Passport to Designing, Developing and Issuing Digital Instructional Badges.- Chapter 11 Transforming Workplace Learning Culture with Digital Badges.- Chapter 12 The Role of Endorsement in Open Badges Ecosystems.- Chapter 13 Implementing a Badging System Faculty Development.- Part III Learning and Instructional Design Considerations.- Chapter 14 Toward a Comprehensive Theoretical Framework for Designing Digital Badges.- Chapter 15 Digital Badges and Micro-credentials: Digital Age Classroom Practices, Design Strategies, and Issues.- Chapter 16 Digital Badges: Purposeful Design in Professional Learning Outcomes for K-12 Educators.- Chapter 17 Height vs Depth in Badging Framework Design.- Chapter 18 What We Can Learn about Digital Badges from Video Games.- Chapter 19 Digital Badges as (parts of) Digital Portfolios: Design Patterns for Educational and Personal Learning Practice.- Chapter 20 Badge Claims: Creativity, Evidence and the Curated Learning Journey.- Part IV Case Studies: Practices and Experience.- Chapter 21 Digital Badges for Professional Development: Teachers' Perceptions of the Value of a New Credentialing Currency.- Chapter 22 When Digital Badges Work: It's Not About the Badges, It's About Learning Ecosystems.- Chapter 23 The Authority Behind the Badge: A Practice Analysis Case Study.- Chapter 24 Student Perceptions of Digital Badges as Recognition of Achievement and Engagement in Co-Curricular Activities.- Chapter 25 Applied Gamification: Creating Reward Systems for Organizational Professional Development.- Chapter 26 Implementing Digital Badges in Australia: The Importance of Institutional Context.- Chapter 27 Development and Implementation of Digital Badges for Learning Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Practices in Secondary Contexts: A Pedagogical Approach with Empirical Evidence.- Epilogue.- Chapter 28 Moving Forward with Digital Badges in Education.