In recent years, more and more schools tend to use online education widely. However, learners are hard to search for their needs from the massive learning resources in the Internet. Therefore, it is very important to research the online learning resource recommendation and perform personalized recommendations for learners, so as to help learners obtain the high-quality learning resources they need quickly. The research status of online learning resource recommendation was analyzed and summarized from the following five aspects. Firstly, the current work of domestic and international online education platforms in learning resource recommendation was summed up. Secondly, four types of algorithms were analyzed and discussed: using knowledge point exercises, learning paths, learning videos and learning courses as learning resource recommendation targets respectively. Thirdly, from the perspectives of learners and learning resources, using the specific algorithms as examples, three learning resource recommendation algorithms based on learners’ portraits, learners’ behaviors and learning resource ontologies were introduced in detail respectively. Moreover, the public online learning resource datasets were listed. Finally, the current challenges and future research directions were analyzed.