How to convert a DVD of EXEs to run on a Mac?

The government where I'm working has distributed DVDs with teacher's guides and course materials to teachers and volunteers working on a new environmental education project. When I loaded the DVD into my SuperDrive, the DVD title showed up under "Devices" in Finder windows, but it was grayed-out and couldn't be opened. (I had to go into Terminal and use "drutil eject" to get it out.)
Today I tested the DVD in a Windows laptop and it worked without any problems. The interface is composed of Flash EXEs. I can access all of the other files on the disk -- PDFs, PPTXs, &c. -- but they're all in one directory and not always well-named. I'd like to be able to use the interface to access the files when I present to my students.
Does anyone know of a program I can run to convert this DVD into something useable on my Mac? I do have access to a Windows laptop, and I was looking into DVD-to-ISO programs this morning, but I don't know if that would solve the problem of the interface being EXEs. Any suggestions would be appreciated, thank you

Templeton Peck wrote:
EXEs cannot run on Mac OS. You'll need to install Windows on your Mac if you want to open them
I know this, that's why I'm asking if there is a way to convert the EXEs to something that can run on Mac OS.
Presently there is no way for me to legally install Windows on my laptop, though I do have access to a Windows laptop if there is some way for me to convert the files on the DVD.

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