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In 2011, the Mozilla Foundation, in collaboration with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacArthur%20Foundation the MacArthur Foundation], launched the '''Open Badges Project''' to address a growing disconnect between how people learn and how learning is recognized. As learning increasingly occurred across online communities, workplaces, volunteer organizations, and self-directed experiences, traditional credentials like grades and degrees often failed to capture it. (Source: [https://wiki.mozilla.org/images/5/59/OpenBadges-Working-Paper_012312.pdf Open Badge White Paper]) Rather than replacing those credentials, Mozilla envisioned Open Badges as an open, decentralized standard letting any trusted organization issue verifiable digital credentials. Each badge carried metadata on the issuer, the criteria for earning it, supporting evidence, and authentication details, allowing learners to build portable, evidence-based records of their skills across multiple environments and display them through an open infrastructure rather than a single platform. (Source: [https://blog.mozilla.org/blogarchive/blog/2014/02/12/how-were-making-education-more-like-the-web/ How We’re Making Education More Like the Web - Mark Surman])<br><br>Mozilla released the first version of the Open Badges Infrastructure in 2012, enabling organizations worldwide to issue interoperable credentials using an open standard. It was subsequently adopted by educational institutions, nonprofits, museums, cities, workforce development programs, and online learning communities. In 2014, Mozilla helped establish the [https://www.imsglobal.org/digital-credentials-and-badging-alliance Badge Alliance] to support community governance and adoption, and in 2017 stewardship of the specification transitioned to IMS Global Learning Consortium (now [https://www.1edtech.org/ 1EdTech Consortium]), ensuring continued development beyond Mozilla. (Source: [https://openbadges.org/about/history History of Open Badges])