diff --git a/src/config/index.js b/src/config/index.js
index 200dceea..a3c8b3f9 100644
--- a/src/config/index.js
+++ b/src/config/index.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const configuration = {
   TOS_AND_HONOR_CODE: process.env.TOS_AND_HONOR_CODE || null,
   TOS_LINK: process.env.TOS_LINK || null,
   // Miscellaneous
-  GENERAL_RECOMMENDATIONS: process.env.GENERAL_RECOMMENDATIONS || [],
+  GENERAL_RECOMMENDATIONS: process.env.GENERAL_RECOMMENDATIONS || '[]',
   INFO_EMAIL: process.env.INFO_EMAIL || '',
 };
 
diff --git a/src/recommendations/RecommendationsPage.jsx b/src/recommendations/RecommendationsPage.jsx
index a473dc86..8529854d 100644
--- a/src/recommendations/RecommendationsPage.jsx
+++ b/src/recommendations/RecommendationsPage.jsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   Hyperlink, Image, Spinner, StatefulButton,
 } from '@edx/paragon';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import { Helmet } from 'react-helmet';
 
 import { DEFAULT_REDIRECT_URL } from '../data/constants';
 import { EDUCATION_LEVEL_MAPPING, RECOMMENDATIONS_COUNT } from './data/constants';
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ const RecommendationsPage = (props) => {
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (registrationResponse) {
+      const generalRecommendations = JSON.parse(getConfig().GENERAL_RECOMMENDATIONS);
       let coursesWithKeys = [];
       getPersonalizedRecommendations(educationLevel).then((response) => {
         coursesWithKeys = response.map(course => ({
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ const RecommendationsPage = (props) => {
         if (coursesWithKeys.length >= RECOMMENDATIONS_COUNT) {
           setRecommendations(coursesWithKeys.slice(0, RECOMMENDATIONS_COUNT));
         } else {
-          const courseRecommendations = coursesWithKeys.concat(getConfig().GENERAL_RECOMMENDATIONS);
+          const courseRecommendations = coursesWithKeys.concat(generalRecommendations);
           // Remove duplicate recommendations
           const uniqueRecommendations = courseRecommendations.filter(
             (recommendation, index, self) => index === self.findIndex((existingRecommendation) => (
@@ -48,13 +50,14 @@ const RecommendationsPage = (props) => {
         }
 
         setIsLoading(false);
-        // We only want to track the recommendations returned by Algolia
-        const courseKeys = coursesWithKeys.map(course => course.courseKey);
-        trackRecommendationsViewed(courseKeys, false, userId);
       })
         .catch(() => {
+          setRecommendations(generalRecommendations.slice(0, RECOMMENDATIONS_COUNT));
           setIsLoading(false);
         });
+      // We only want to track the recommendations returned by Algolia
+      const courseKeys = coursesWithKeys.map(course => course.courseKey);
+      trackRecommendationsViewed(courseKeys.slice(0, RECOMMENDATIONS_COUNT), false, userId);
     }
   }, [registrationResponse, DASHBOARD_URL, educationLevel, userId]);
 
@@ -82,37 +85,44 @@ const RecommendationsPage = (props) => {
   };
 
   return (
-    <div className="d-flex flex-column vh-100">
-      <div className="mb-2">
-        <div className="col-md-12 small-screen-top-stripe medium-screen-top-stripe extra-large-screen-top-stripe" />
-        <Hyperlink destination={getConfig().MARKETING_SITE_BASE_URL}>
-          <Image className="logo" alt={getConfig().SITE_NAME} src={getConfig().LOGO_URL} />
-        </Hyperlink>
-      </div>
-      {(!isLoading && recommendations.length === RECOMMENDATIONS_COUNT) ? (
-        <div className="d-flex flex-column align-items-center justify-content-center flex-grow-1 p-1">
-          <RecommendationsList
-            title={intl.formatMessage(messages['recommendation.page.heading'])}
-            recommendations={recommendations}
-            userId={userId}
-          />
-          <div className="text-center">
-            <StatefulButton
-              className="font-weight-500"
-              type="submit"
-              variant="brand"
-              labels={{
-                default: intl.formatMessage(messages['recommendation.skip.button']),
-              }}
-              onClick={handleSkip}
-            />
-          </div>
+    <>
+      <Helmet>
+        <title>{intl.formatMessage(messages['recommendation.page.title'],
+          { siteName: getConfig().SITE_NAME })}
+        </title>
+      </Helmet>
+      <div className="d-flex flex-column vh-100">
+        <div className="mb-2">
+          <div className="col-md-12 small-screen-top-stripe medium-screen-top-stripe extra-large-screen-top-stripe" />
+          <Hyperlink destination={getConfig().MARKETING_SITE_BASE_URL}>
+            <Image className="logo" alt={getConfig().SITE_NAME} src={getConfig().LOGO_URL} />
+          </Hyperlink>
         </div>
-      )
-        : (
-          <Spinner animation="border" variant="primary" className="centered-align-spinner" />
-        )}
-    </div>
+        {(!isLoading && recommendations.length === RECOMMENDATIONS_COUNT) ? (
+          <div className="d-flex flex-column align-items-center justify-content-center flex-grow-1 p-1">
+            <RecommendationsList
+              title={intl.formatMessage(messages['recommendation.page.heading'])}
+              recommendations={recommendations}
+              userId={userId}
+            />
+            <div className="text-center">
+              <StatefulButton
+                className="font-weight-500"
+                type="submit"
+                variant="brand"
+                labels={{
+                  default: intl.formatMessage(messages['recommendation.skip.button']),
+                }}
+                onClick={handleSkip}
+              />
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        )
+          : (
+            <Spinner animation="border" variant="primary" className="centered-align-spinner" />
+          )}
+      </div>
+    </>
   );
 };
 
diff --git a/src/recommendations/messages.js b/src/recommendations/messages.js
index 3922a264..55052cf0 100644
--- a/src/recommendations/messages.js
+++ b/src/recommendations/messages.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { defineMessages } from '@edx/frontend-platform/i18n';
 const messages = defineMessages({
   'recommendation.page.title': {
     id: 'recommendation.page.title',
-    defaultMessage: 'Recommendations| {siteName}',
+    defaultMessage: 'Recommendations | {siteName}',
     description: 'recommendation page title',
   },
   'recommendation.page.heading': {
diff --git a/src/recommendations/tests/RecommendationsPage.test.jsx b/src/recommendations/tests/RecommendationsPage.test.jsx
index 1842a951..b4dc8a66 100644
--- a/src/recommendations/tests/RecommendationsPage.test.jsx
+++ b/src/recommendations/tests/RecommendationsPage.test.jsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
 
 import { getConfig, mergeConfig } from '@edx/frontend-platform';
+import * as analytics from '@edx/frontend-platform/analytics';
 import { injectIntl, IntlProvider } from '@edx/frontend-platform/i18n';
 import { mount } from 'enzyme';
 import { act } from 'react-dom/test-utils';
@@ -15,9 +16,16 @@ import { mockedGeneralRecommendations, mockedResponse } from './mockedData';
 const IntlRecommendationsPage = injectIntl(RecommendationsPage);
 const mockStore = configureStore();
 
+jest.mock('@edx/frontend-platform/analytics');
 jest.mock('../data/service');
 
+analytics.sendTrackEvent = jest.fn();
+
 describe('RecommendationsPageTests', () => {
+  mergeConfig({
+    GENERAL_RECOMMENDATIONS: '[]',
+  });
+
   let defaultProps = {};
   let store = {};
 
@@ -47,6 +55,7 @@ describe('RecommendationsPageTests', () => {
       location: {
         state: {
           registrationResult,
+          userId: 111,
         },
       },
     };
@@ -81,6 +90,16 @@ describe('RecommendationsPageTests', () => {
     await getRecommendationsPage();
 
     expect(getPersonalizedRecommendations.default).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(analytics.sendTrackEvent).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'edx.bi.user.recommendations.viewed',
+      {
+        page: 'authn_recommendations',
+        course_key_array: [],
+        amplitude_recommendations: false,
+        is_control: false,
+        user_id: 111,
+      },
+    );
   });
 
   it('should display recommendations returned by Algolia', async () => {
diff --git a/src/recommendations/tests/mockedData.js b/src/recommendations/tests/mockedData.js
index e3407da4..dd240d79 100644
--- a/src/recommendations/tests/mockedData.js
+++ b/src/recommendations/tests/mockedData.js
@@ -76,85 +76,4 @@ export const mockedResponse = [
   },
 ];
 
-export const mockedGeneralRecommendations = [
-  {
-    courseKey: 'MITx+6.00.1x',
-    activeRunKey: 'course-v1:MITx+6.00.1x+1T2023',
-    cardImageUrl: 'https://prod-discovery.edx-cdn.org/media/course/image/956319ec-8665-4039-8bc6-32c9a9aea5e9-885268c71902.jpg',
-    marketingUrl: 'https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming-7',
-    objectId: 'course-956319ec-8665-4039-8bc6-32c9a9aea5e9',
-    owners: [
-      {
-        key: 'MITx',
-        logoImageUrl: 'https://prod-discovery.edx-cdn.org/organization/logos/2a73d2ce-c34a-4e08-8223-83bca9d2f01d-2cc8854c6fee.png',
-        name: 'Massachusetts Institute of Technology',
-      },
-    ],
-    title: 'Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python',
-    recommendationType: 'general',
-  },
-  {
-    courseKey: 'IBM+PY0101EN',
-    activeRunKey: 'course-v1:IBM+PY0101EN+2T2021',
-    cardImageUrl: 'https://prod-discovery.edx-cdn.org/media/course/image/381a0046-5d78-4790-8776-74620d59f48e-e2e7f4677ce2.jpeg',
-    marketingUrl: 'https://www.edx.org/course/python-basics-for-data-science',
-    objectID: 'course-381a0046-5d78-4790-8776-74620d59f48e',
-    owners: [
-      {
-        key: 'IBM',
-        logoImageUrl: 'https://prod-discovery.edx-cdn.org/organization/logos/87b07564-d569-4cfd-bee6-8b0a407acb73-dc33e4b5f353.png',
-        name: 'IBM',
-      },
-    ],
-    title: 'Python Basics for Data Science',
-    recommendationType: 'general',
-  },
-  {
-    courseKey: 'HarvardX+CS50P',
-    activeRunKey: 'course-v1:HarvardX+CS50P+Python',
-    cardImageUrl: 'https://prod-discovery.edx-cdn.org/media/course/image/2cc794d0-316d-42f7-bbfd-25c34e4cd5df-033e46d516c0.png',
-    marketingUrl: 'https://www.edx.org/course/cs50s-introduction-to-programming-with-python',
-    objectID: 'course-2cc794d0-316d-42f7-bbfd-25c34e4cd5df',
-    owners: [
-      {
-        key: 'HarvardX',
-        logoImageUrl: 'https://prod-discovery.edx-cdn.org/organization/logos/44022f13-20df-4666-9111-cede3e5dc5b6-2cc39992c67a.png',
-        name: 'Harvard University',
-      },
-    ],
-    title: 'CS50\'s Introduction to Programming with Python',
-    recommendationType: 'general',
-  },
-  {
-    courseKey: 'UQx+IELTSx',
-    activeRunKey: 'course-v1:UQx+IELTSx+1T2022',
-    cardImageUrl: 'https://prod-discovery.edx-cdn.org/media/course/image/d61d7a1f-3333-4169-a786-92e2bf690c6f-fa8a6909baec.jpg',
-    marketingUrl: 'https://www.edx.org/course/ielts-academic-test-preparation',
-    objectID: 'course-d61d7a1f-3333-4169-a786-92e2bf690c6f',
-    owners: [
-      {
-        key: 'UQx',
-        logoImageUrl: 'https://prod-discovery.edx-cdn.org/organization/logos/8554749f-b920-4d7f-8986-af6bb95290aa-f336c6a2ca11.png',
-        name: 'The University of Queensland',
-      },
-    ],
-    title: 'IELTS Academic Test Preparation',
-    recommendationType: 'general',
-  },
-  {
-    courseKey: 'HarvardX+CS50x',
-    activeRunKey: 'course-v1:HarvardX+CS50+X',
-    cardImageUrl: 'https://prod-discovery.edx-cdn.org/media/course/image/da1b2400-322b-459b-97b0-0c557f05d017-a3d1899c3344.png',
-    marketingUrl: 'https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-computer-science-harvardx-cs50x',
-    objectID: 'course-da1b2400-322b-459b-97b0-0c557f05d017',
-    owners: [
-      {
-        key: 'HarvardX',
-        logoImageUrl: 'https://prod-discovery.edx-cdn.org/organization/logos/44022f13-20df-4666-9111-cede3e5dc5b6-2cc39992c67a.png',
-        name: 'Harvard University',
-      },
-    ],
-    title: 'CS50\'s Introduction to Computer Science',
-    recommendationType: 'general',
-  },
-];
+export const mockedGeneralRecommendations = '[{"courseKey":"test+text1","activeRunKey":"course-v1:test+test1+2018","cardImageUrl":"https://test-recommendations.com/text-1.jpg","marketingUrl":"https://test-recommendations.com/test-1","objectId":"test-1","owners":[{"key":"Testx","logoImageUrl":"https://test-recommendations.com/organization/test-1.png","name":"General recommendation org 1"}],"title":"General recommendation 1","recommendationType":"general"},{"courseKey":"test+text2","activeRunKey":"course-v1:test+test2+2018","cardImageUrl":"https://test-recommendations.com/text-2.jpg","marketingUrl":"https://test-recommendations.com/test-2","objectId":"test-2","owners":[{"key":"Testx","logoImageUrl":"https://test-recommendations.com/organization/test-2.png","name":"General recommendation org 2"}],"title":"General recommendation 2","recommendationType":"general"},{"courseKey":"test+text3","activeRunKey":"course-v1:test+test3+2018","cardImageUrl":"https://test-recommendations.com/text-3.jpg","marketingUrl":"https://test-recommendations.com/test-3","objectId":"test-3","owners":[{"key":"Testx","logoImageUrl":"https://test-recommendations.com/organization/test-3.png","name":"General recommendation org 3"}],"title":"General recommendation 3","recommendationType":"general"},{"courseKey":"test+text4","activeRunKey":"course-v1:test+test4+2018","cardImageUrl":"https://test-recommendations.com/text-4.jpg","marketingUrl":"https://test-recommendations.com/test-4","objectId":"test-4","owners":[{"key":"Testx","logoImageUrl":"https://test-recommendations.com/organization/test-4.png","name":"General recommendation org 4"}],"title":"General recommendation 4","recommendationType":"general"},{"courseKey":"test+text5","activeRunKey":"course-v1:test+test5+2018","cardImageUrl":"https://test-recommendations.com/text-5.jpg","marketingUrl":"https://test-recommendations.com/test-5","objectId":"test-5","owners":[{"key":"Testx","logoImageUrl":"https://test-recommendations.com/organization/test-5.png","name":"General recommendation org 5"}],"title":"General recommendation 5","recommendationType":"general"}]';