Twelve college professors from prestigious universities five Spanish-speaking countries under a sum of wills, talents, dreams and realities, offer us in this work nine reflections associated with the predicament, and perhaps ill treated by many, "distance learning" expression that contradicts the actual meaning of the concept or type of education, thanks to the approach increasingly noticeable among The cast of actors and promoters of one way or another involved in the processes involved in schooling and non-school training in the education system of a given country in the world. It is a varied, entertaining, clear, useful and moldable and perfectly adjustable to any educational need, regardless of coverage, depth, purpose, intent or purpose of travel. Starting from the basis of the conceptual platform of its own, to the implications for many of the phenomena that nowadays have a significant influence on our global village (social networks), to undoubtedly by instances associated with the repertoire of available resources for support the processes in distance education (learning object, open educational resources, repositories etc.), methods and management styles of learning processes (e-learning, m-learning, MOOC), stopping to put the gaze look at the players in the educational process towards their new roles and requirements desirable and necessary within the new educational setting, where they live in a natural and harmonious way, the real and the virtual, so far so close, the teacher and the learner and the built environment with which it is built. No less important in this magnificent journey we get a record of the contributions that give us this varied and unlimited range of tools from the web 2.0 which essentially serves and delight the diverse nature of its actors, their associated sensory preferences and their way peculiar to teaching and learning. Myths, prejudices and realities of distance education represents default and becomes a Reference reading, analysis and study for all those who in their early look bet on the future education of vanguard, quality, competitive, face the challenges that are presented to the knowledge society, facing the sustained and unstoppable growth of information and the consequent development of technology in all areas of endeavor human.