In the last decade of the 20th century, there was a reinforcement of the defense of formalization of distance education in the Brazilian educational structure, allied to the experiences already carried out. It is important to emphasize that all these initiatives were not part of the Brazilian educational legislation and structure. Therefore, educational formations were classified only as open courses.

Cléber dos Santos Gonçalves & Maria Luisa Furlan Costa. Distance Education in Advertising Speech: Legalization of Modality in Brazil and its Representations in Private Initiative Commercials. Internet: <http://educa.fcc.org.br> .

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