For online .AAM (Authorware Map) files, Adobe once offered a browser plugin. Do not attempt to use it. Modern browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox) have blocked NPAPI plugins entirely.
If you must deploy an Authorware runtime today in a corporate environment: authorware runtime
When an author packaged their work, they could "bundle" the runtime engine inside the file. This creates a single MyCourse.exe file. This file has the runtime embedded. However, on modern 64-bit Windows, these 16-bit or 32-bit executables often fail to launch. For online