This work examines the stereochemical control and polymerizability of exo-methylene-lactide (MLA) or (6S)-3-methylene-6-methyl-1,4-dioxane-2,5-dione, a chiral monomer derived from L-lactide, toward vinyl-addition and ring-opening polymerization (ROP) pathways, respectively. Currently, no information on the stereochemistry of the vinyl-addition polymerization of MLA is known, and the possible ROP pathway is unexplored. Accordingly, this work first investigated the stereochemical control and other characteristics of the radical polymerization of MLA and its copolymerization with an analogous exo-methylene-lactone, c-methyl-a-methylene-c-butyrolactone (MMBL), and di-methylene-lactide (DMLA) or 3,6-dimethylene-1,4-dioxane-2,5-dione. The MLA homopolymerization produced optically active, but atactic, vinyl-type polymers having a specific rotation of [a]