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.