Recommendation research in E-learning

This study is a productivity review on the literature gleaned from web of science databases concerning recommendation in E-Learning research. The result indicates that the number of literature productions on this topic is growing in recently 4 years, approximately the same number in 2008, 2009 and 2011. The main research development country is Taiwan, and from the analysis of the distribution of language, English is the most popular language. Moreover the research focuses on are mainly context model and system design to explore fundamental components of E-Learning context and offer a learning environment suitable for users, also the limitations and future research of these research were discussed, so that the direction for future research work can be explored.