[Johnyma22]

Pearson are just a big acquisition/sales company so have some good/some bad products. Their model of business is not where I would personally hedge my bets if I wanted my product to be successful. Udacity probably have no idea how difficult it will be to work with Pearson yet.

If the partnership gets it right then Pearson will look to acquire Udacity, given Pearson's track record of how little they innovate after acquisition this may be damaging to Udacity's long term goals however if the stakeholders of Udacity are looking for a quick out of the market then it might be ideal for them.